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DIXIE High School ROTC March 16, 2010 WATER ON THE MOON AT NASA Andy Christensen

DIXIE High School ROTC March 16, 2010 WATER ON THE MOON AT NASA Andy Christensen. What is NASA?. An agency of the US government Annual Budget ~ $18 B Name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA STRATEGIC GOALS 2006.

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DIXIE High School ROTC March 16, 2010 WATER ON THE MOON AT NASA Andy Christensen

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  1. DIXIE High SchoolROTC March 16, 2010 WATER ON THE MOON AT NASA Andy Christensen

  2. What is NASA? • An agency of the US government • Annual Budget ~ $18 B • Name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  3. NASA STRATEGIC GOALS2006 To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. SCIENCE GOALS • Understand the formation and evolution of the universe, the solar system and Earth. • Probe the origin and evolution of life on Earth and …elsewhere • Chart our destiny in the solar system:

  4. Vision For Exploration2004 • “to advance U.S. scientific, security, and economic interests through a robust space exploration program.” • Journey of exploring the solar system and beyond: returning to the Moon in the next decade, then venturing further into the solar system, ultimately sending humans to Mars and beyond.

  5. My Colleagues Luke Solitt Howard Eller

  6. THE LCROSS MISSION - Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite LCROSS was launched June 18, 2009 as a companion mission to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After separating from LRO, the LCROSS spacecraft held onto the spent Centaur upper stage rocket of the launch vehicle, executed a lunar swingby and entered into a series of long looping orbits around the Earth. Mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2010 impact in the Cabeus crater at the lunar south pole.

  7. The LCROSS Crater: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Image

  8. Shepherding Space Craft Infrared Spectrum

  9. Evidence for Water:Spectral Signature

  10. Augustine Committee Report2009 Conclusions The Vision For Exploration program as currently funded at NASA is not executable. An exploration program could be done with an additional $3B to the NASA budget Without additional funding, an exploration program cannot be done. The recommendation is to continue ISS to 2020 and foster commercial development of transportation systems

  11. THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND • “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert .. this or that.. “ Charles Darwin • “We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.” John Wheeler

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