Thursday Afternoon, October 4, 2007

THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN FIELD EXPLORATION AND ASTRONAUT TRAINING

Moderators:  Mark Helper, University of Texas, Austin, and Art Snoke, University of Wyoming

1:30 p.m.

Interviews with Apollo Lunar Surface Astronauts in Support of Lunar Surface Exploration Systems Design

Dean Eppler

SAIC/NASA Johnson Space Center

2:00 p.m.

Astronaut Training, What We Did, Why It Worked, and What Can Be Done Better

Gary Lofgren

NASA Johnson Space Center

2:30 p.m.

Astronaut Geology Training

James Reilly

Astronaut

3:00 p.m.

Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition:  Testing Robotic and Human Space Flight Instrumentation in the Arctic

Andrew Steele

Carnegie Institution

3:30 p.m.

Mobile Lunar Landers and Their Implications for Science

Brian Wilcox

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

4:00 p.m.

Collaborative Human-Robot Science Exploration on the Lunar Surface

Charles Weisbin

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

4:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion

 

 

5:30 p.m.

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