12/11/2019 1 Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy ASTR 4800 - Space Science: Practice & Policy Today : Perspective on Space Science & Space Policy 6th Annual Conference on Science at Low Frequencies ASU, Tempe, AZ, 9-11 December 2019 Investigating Dark Matter & Exotic Physics with the Dark Ages Polarimeter Pathfinder A NASA-funded SSERVI Team Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy Space in the News: NASA's Sun - Kissing Parker Solar Probe Is Lifting the Veil on Our Closest Star Presenter: Brenden Basica Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy Space in the News: 'Phantom' Vest - Wearing Dummies to Fly Around the Moon Presenter: Liam Slyne Kat Coderre, the principal investigator for Lockheed Martin’s Stemrad vest, wears the radiation-blocking vest inside NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Orion will carry two dummies on the Artemis I mission, and the dummies will test out the new vest. Class Exercise: How would you update this list from earlier in the semester on Why we Explore? Astr4800 - Space Science: Practice & Policy • Preservation of current life; prevent destruction via asteroids. • Need for extra resources. • Knowledge gained from studying planets, Universe, and Earth. • Technology used to benefit us on Earth. • To get a better understanding of our own existence. Why we are here? • Curiosity & natural desire to explore. • More investment in STEM fields. • Materials in space, learn more about different compounds. • Geopolitical concerns; U.S. interests need to remain strong. • Jobs. • International collaborations. • Avoid extinction of humanity. Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy Questions Arising from Topics Covered this Semester • What has history taught us about the future of Space Exploration? • Will the Moon be a stepping stone to Mars? • What role should Congress and the Executive Branch play in mapping out NASA’s direction in space? • Are Decadal Surveys the right way to plan future space science missions? • What is the role of international partnerships? • Are public-private partnerships the correct new paradigm for space exploration and in- situ resource utilization?

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12/11/2019

Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy

ASTR 4800 - Space Science: Practice & PolicyToday: Perspective on Space Science & Space Policy

6th Annual Conference on Science at Low Frequencies ASU, Tempe, AZ, 9-11 December 2019

Investigating Dark Matter &Exotic Physics with the DarkAges Polarimeter Pathfinder A NASA-funded SSERVI

Team

Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy

Space in the News: NASA's Sun-Kissing Parker Solar Probe Is Lifting the Veil on Our Closest Star

Presenter: Brenden Basica

Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy

Space in the News: 'Phantom' Vest-Wearing Dummies to Fly Around the Moon

Presenter: Liam Slyne

Kat Coderre, the principal investigator for Lockheed Martin’s Stemrad vest, wears the radiation-blocking vest inside NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Orion will carry two dummies on the Artemis I mission, and the dummies will test out the new vest.

Class Exercise: How would you update this list from earlier in the semester on Why we Explore?

Astr4800 - Space Science: Practice & Policy

• Preservation of current life; prevent destruction via asteroids.• Need for extra resources.• Knowledge gained from studying planets, Universe, and Earth.• Technology used to benefit us on Earth.• To get a better understanding of our own existence. Why we are here?• Curiosity & natural desire to explore.• More investment in STEM fields.• Materials in space, learn more about different compounds.• Geopolitical concerns; U.S. interests need to remain strong.• Jobs.• International collaborations.• Avoid extinction of humanity.

Astronomy 4800 – Space Science: Practice & Policy

Questions Arising from Topics Coveredthis Semester

• What has history taught us about the future of Space Exploration?

• Will the Moon be a stepping stone to Mars?• What role should Congress and the

Executive Branch play in mapping out NASA’s direction in space?

• Are Decadal Surveys the right way to plan future space science missions?

• What is the role of international partnerships?

• Are public-private partnerships the correct new paradigm for space exploration and in-situ resource utilization?

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