Keck Institute for Space Studies - Audio

Ron Turner, Analytic Services Inc. Fellow, discusses radiation risks and challenges associated with a human mission to an asteroid during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Pascal Renten, University of Stuttgart, discusses ISECG and NEA scenarios from a student's perspective during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Damon Landau, Mission Design Engineer, Outer Planet Mission Analysis Group, NASA-JPL, discusses trajectory design and optimization for human exploration of Near Earth Objects during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Takashi Kubota, Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, JAXA, discusses advanced challenges in Hayabusa Asteroid sample return mission during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Josh Hopkins, Space Exploration Architect at Lockheed Martin Space Company, discusses the Plymouth Rock concept of keeping asteroid missions simple during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Bret Drake, Teleconference, Exploration Architect at the NASA-Johnson Space Center Exploration Systems and Mission Office, discusses architectures for human exploration of near Earth asteroids during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Andrew Cheng, Chief Scientist in the Applied Physics Laboratory at the John Hopkins University, discusses surveys for NEO exploration during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

John Baker, Manager of Human and Robotic Mission Systems Office at NASA-JPL, discusses building blocks for sending humans to a NEO during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Paul Abell, Lead Scientist of Astromaterial Research and Exploration Science at NASA-Johnson Space Center, discusses Near-Earth Objects: Targets for Future Human Exploration, Solar System Science, and Planetary Defense during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Kevin France, Chris Martin, Bruce Woodgate, Amanda Hendrix, Hakeem Olusheyi, and Wes Traub participate in a panel discussion on UV/optical science as part of this short course (August 29, 2011).

Nai-Chang Yeh from Caltech and Doug Bell from JPL discuss nanotechnology and its relevance to UV science in this short course (August 29, 2011).

Michael Hoenk and Frank Greer from JPL discuss what is on the surface in this short course (August 29, 2011).

Arizona State University's Paul Scowen discusses UV spectroscopy/imaging and science questions in this short course (August 29, 2011).

MIT's Karl Iagnemma discusses engineering methods for surface interaction modeling in this short course (June 20, 2011).

Caltech's Jose Andrade gives an intro to soil mechanics in this short course (June 20, 2011).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Robert C. Anderson discusses Mars surface analogues on Earth - mechanical properties of regoilth in this short course (June 20, 2011).

Washington University's Ray Arvidson discusses remote sensing of Mars in this short course (June 20, 2011).

Pavlos Protopapas from CfA discusses machine learning and statistics applications in this short course (June 7, 2011).

Caltech's Ashish Mahabal discusses automated classification of transients in this short course (June 7, 2011).

Jeff Scargle from NASA Ames discusses new developments in time series analysis in this short course (June 7, 2011).