Seminar Series: The Science and Technology of Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return
Throughout the spring 2018 academic semester CLASS in partnership with the Florida Space Institute will be holding a seminar speaker series. The series is open to UCF researchers, administrators, and students, NASA-KSC personnel, FSI member institutions and FSI employees. Seminars last 50 minutes with 30 minutes for discussion. If you are interested in presenting, wish to recommend someone for a presentation, or would like to be on the mailing list, please contact us.
Presentations can be watched here.
Weekly Lecture Topics
Speaker | Title | Date & Time |
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Dan Britt (UCF) | Class Organization: Advantages of Sample Return- Surface Processes and Space Weathering | January 22, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Mike Zolensky (JSC) | Advantages of Sample Return- Petrology, Isotopes | January 25, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Amy Mainzer (JPL) | Searching for Asteroid Targets | February 5, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Dan Britt (UCF) and Nick Thomas (Bern) | The Surfaces of Small NEOs: Challanges for Sampling | February 7, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Josh Emery (U Tenn) | Thermal Properties of NEAs | February 14, 2018 3:00 EDT |
Dan Scheeres (U Col) | Microgravity and Small Bodies | February 19, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Josh Colwell (UCF) | Electrostatic Surface Properties of NEAs | February 21, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Humberto Campins (UCF) | O-Rex Mapping and Site Selection | March 5, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Brent Barbee (GSFC) | Rendezvous Navigation: Delta V Requirements and Mission Time | March 7, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Dante Lauretta (UAz) | Leading a Sample Return Mission | March 7, 2018 3:00 EDT |
TBD | Hayabusa 2- Mission Plan and Sampling | March 26, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Beau Bierhaus (Lockheed) | Spacecraft Issues in Sample Return and TAG | April 2, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Phil Metzger (UCF) | Plume Interaction on NEAs | April 4, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Kris Zacny (Honeybee) | Other Sampling Systems | April 16, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Scott Sandford (Ames) | Sample Return Capsule: Descent, Landing, Recovery | April 18, 2018 1:30 EDT |
Marc Fries (JSC) | Curating Returned Samples | April 23, 2018 1:30 EDT |