Exploration of Moon & Mars: Robots vs. Humans?
Fall 2019 Planetary Graduate Seminar – 4pm Tuesdays – Duane E126
Co-taught by Bruce Jakosky and Fran Bagenal
Presentations (Schedule):
Sept 3 – Bruce Jakosky – History of human space program
Sept 10 – Discussion about why go to Moon & Mars with robots and/vs. humans – whiteboard
Sept 17 – Jack Burns – Astronomy from the Moon & NASA Policy
Sept 24 – Moon Mission Architecture
Oct 1 – Mars Mission Architecture
Oct 8 – Robotic Missions Movie 1 Movie 2
Oct 15 – Private Industry
Oct 22 – Mining Extra – Comparing Rockets
Nov 5 – Mission Costs
Nov 12 – Planetary Protection
Nov 19 – John Grunsfeld – Mars Exploration
Dec 3 – Technological & Societal Issues
Dec 18 – Mars science news
Bruce’s Lunar Summary
Fran’s Summary
Readings:
NASA selects 10 mission studies
International Space Station and ISS Program – Wikipedia
National Academy Report – Pathways to Exploration (2014) plus Lunine’s 2019 testimony
Physics Today – Apollo special articles
MIT-Technology-Review-2019-sm-email
Cost – McNutt & Delamere – presentation
Humans will never colonize Mars
Article on initial exclusion of women from space
Fiction:
Million-Year Picnic – from The Martian Chronicles
Books you can borrow
Films… perhaps for
viewing on movie nights (voluntary):
The Right Stuff, The Martian, Mission to Mars, Total Recall, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo 18, Capricorn One, Maroon, Life, 2001: Space Odyssey, First Man, Space Cowboys, Cat-Women of the Moon, ……Ad Astra – 2019 movie with Brad Pitt opens Sept 19th
