The “Science and Exploration of Phobos and Deimos” series is jointly organized and led by SSERVI teams at University of Central FL (CLASS) and Brown University/MIT (SEEED) with many SSERVI-affiliated institutions participating. A major goal is to identify major outstanding questions and scientific and exploration goals for robotic and human exploration of Phobos and Deimos.

The 13 weekly seminars with lectures given by leaders in the field will include opportunities for questions and discussion. The lectures will be accessible through Adobe Connect in real-time and will be recorded for on-line reference. All lectures will be held on Mondays at 3pm EDT/EST [1 hr lecture + 30 min discussion].

These talks will be broadcast online at the following link: https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/marsmoons/. (Note: The same link will be used for each seminar, active 30 mins before each talk). All talks will be archived at http://sservi.nasa.gov/event/planetary-evolution-phobos-and-deimos/

Draft Schedule:

Sept 14: Introduction [discovery, physical properties, orbit…]; Dan Britt

Sept 21: The Age and Cratering History of Phobos and Deimos, speaker TBD

Sept 28: Ambiguity of current compositional data for Phobos and Deimos; Andy Rivkin

Oct 5: The Surface: character and origin of Phobos’ Grooves; Murray/Ramsley

Oct 12: Holiday (no lecture)

Oct 19: The Surface: Geology and Geomorphology of Phobos and Deimos; Basilevsky/Head

Oct 26: Origin of Phobos: Capture; Joe Burns

Nov 2: Origin of Phobos: Mars Link (co accretion; big impact); Robin Canup

Nov 9: Properties of Meteorite Analogues; Chris Herd

Nov 16: Space weathering and Regolith, Dust; Pieters/Horanyi

Nov 23: Microgravity within Mars’ gravity well; Scheeres

Nov 30: Phobos-Deimos ISRU; Metzer/Mueller

Dec 7: Phobos as an Exploration Destination and Base for Mars Exploration; Michael Gernhardt

Teague Soderman
SSERVI Sr. Science Writer