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>> WELCOME TO THE VERY FIRST
EPISODE OF NASA SCIENCE LIVE.
THIS IS IS A CHANGE TO TAKE YOU
BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET TO
KNOW THE SPACE AGENCY.
TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
MOON.
BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT.
HERE ARE THE MOST RECENT NASA
NEWS.
WE ARE ALL BROKEN HEARTED EMOJI
SAYING GOOD TO THE ROVER.
IT LASTED 15 YEARS.
DESPITE THE ORIGINAL MISSION
PROPOSING IT FOR IT TO LAST 90
DAYS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT ALL SAD
BECAUSE IT AFFORDED AWE NEW
GENERATION OF SPACE EXPLO
EXPLORATION.
WHEN THIS MISSION ENDED, WE
ANNOUNCED A NEW MISSION AND
LOOK AT THE ORIGINS OF THE
UNIVERSE AND IT IS SALMONELLAED
SPHEREX.
WHY DID THE JUNE VERSE EXPAND
SO RAPIDLY AFTER THE BIG BANG?
.
I KNOW.
NASA EXPANDING THE KWA THAT WE
DO SCIENCE, INSTEAD OF
DESIGNING AND BUILDING, WE
BUYING THE SPACE.
THIS IS HOPEFULLY FAST TRACKS
THE SCIENCE, SO MUCH SO THAT WE
HAVE NEW SCIENCE ON THE MOON IN
AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
SO, SPEAKING OF THE MOON, LET'S
TALK ABOUT OUR COSMIC NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOR.
IT HAS BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE
FIRST GOING TO THE MOON, THE
MOON IS THE GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENTS.
WHAT DUSZ IT TAKE TO GO BACK
AND GENERATED A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE TO GO
BACK TO FIND OUT MORE.
OVER THE COURSE OF OUR SHOW
TODAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
FEW IMPORTANT THINGS, THE
EARTH, THE MOON, THE LUNAR
LEGACY AND MOON MYSTERIES AND
ASK NASA PORTION, THAT IS A
CHANCE FOR YOU TO ASK US
QUESTIONS.
AND FOR OUR EXPERTS TO ANSWER
THEM.
SO OUR NEW GOAL IS GOING BACK
TO THE MOON FOR LONG TERM
EXPLORATION, AND THIS HAS A
HOST OF CHALLENGES THAT DIDN'T
EXIST 50 YEARS AGO.
WHY GOING BACK TO THE MOON.
BECAUSE IT IS THE KEY TO
HISTORY OF OUR EARTH, OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM, DEEP SPACE MISSIONS TO
MARS AND WITH ALL OF THE NEW
CHARGES, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
ITS ENVIRONMENT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF
REFERENCE, THE LONGEST AN
ASTRONAUT OUT THERE IS JUST
THREE DAYS, GOING BACK LONG
TERM WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
ENVIRONMENT A. HUGE AND
CRITICAL THINK TO THINK ABOUT
IS THE RADIATION.
HERE ON EARTH WE HAVE THE
ATMOSPHERE, THAT IS GOING TO
PROTECT US.
ANYTHING ON THE MOON IS BALDLY
EXPOSED.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT THAT.
>> THE SUN IS A DAMAGING SOURCE
OF THE RATED YAGS, ALL OBJECTS
HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE
HAZARD, INCLUDING THE PLANETS.
NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE
COLOR RATION ON THE MOON COULD
BE A FORM OF SUN BURN.
>> THE LEADING HIGH THOT SIS
THAT IS THE FIELD IS BLOCKING
THE SOLAR WIND FROM REACHING
THE SURFACE.
>> THE RADIATION FILLS THE
INNER SOLAR SYSTEM AND
PROTECTING AGAINST IT.
THE MAGNETIC FIELD ON THE MOON.
IT IS FUNNELED BY THE REGIONS.
THE SHIELDED AREAS UNDER THE
FIELD FORM PARTS AND THEY
BECOME DARKER AND THE CONTRAST
IS PROMINENT.
>> THE MAGNETIC FIELDS IN SOME
REGION IS ACTING AS A SUN
SCREEN, STIECHLS YOU MISS A BIT
AND YOU HAVE A BRIGHT RED SPOT
ON THE SKIN, THAT IS THE
ANALOGY OF THIS SORT OF REGION
OF THE MOON THAT IS EXTRA
EXPOSED.
>> THE MOON'S PASSAGES ARE NOT
ROBUST ENOUGH TO PROTECT FROM
THE SUN'S RADIATION, FUR 24ER
STUDY OF THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
LEADS THE GROUND WORK.
>> WHAT IF WE CAN PRODUCE
ARTIFICIALLY SHS THAT IS A
QUESTION THAT REMAINS TO BE
ANSWERED AND THE MAGNETIC
FIELDS ON THE MOON AND THE
SWIRLS PROVIDE A HINT IN THAT
DIRECTION THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT.
>> SO WITH US TODAY WE HAVE
THREE EXPERTS THAT ARING GO TO
GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT
IT TAKES TO GO BACK TO MOON.
WE HAVE DANA HURLEY, A
PLANETARY SCIENTIST AND NOAH
PETRO AND KEGLY YOUNG, REEARCH
SPACE SCIENTIST.
DANA, YOU ARE RIGHT HERE WITH
ME, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER
TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE
ON THE MOON AND WHAT DOES THAT
LUNAR ENVIRONMENT LOOK LIKE?
>> WE HAVE ASTRONAUTS THAT
WOULD BE THERE FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME OR ASTRONAUTS
COMING AND GOING, AND BEING
ABLE TO GO OUT TO DO
EXPERIMENTS ACROSS THE SURFACE
AND THAT SORT OF THING SO WE
NEED TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE
RADIATION THAT THE SUN IS
SPITTING OUT AND THAT IS COMING
THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM FROM
THE GALAXY.
AND SO, ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO
THAT IS BY BUILDING THE
SHELTERS FOR THEM.
IF THERE ARE HIGH ENERGY
PARTICLES THEY CAN GET OUT OF
THE WAY.
BUT, YEAH, SO THAT'S THE BIG
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE TO
DEAL WITH FOR THE ASTRONAUTS.
>> I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT A
BIT OF WATER ON THE MOON?
>> YEAH, THAT IS REALLY
ENABLING IF WE WANT TO HAVE
SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE ON THE
MOON IS THAT THERE IS WATER AND
IN THE SHADOWED REGIONS NEAR
THE LUNAR POLES AND IF WE CAN
USE THE WATER ON THE MOON, WE
DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT WITH US
AND THAT'S BIG COST SAVINGS IN
THAT ENABLES US TO SEND MORE
MISSIONS TO THE MOON IF WE
DON'T HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING
WITH US AND USING THE PRODUCTS
THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
>> HOW MUCH WATER ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT THERE, IS IT A
LOT?
>> IT IS A LOT FOR THE MOON.
TEN YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T THINK
THERE WAS WATER ON THE MOON.
OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WE HAVE
DISCOVERED THERE IS WATER HERE
AND WE PROBABLY COULD FILL UP
MAYBE ONE THOUSANDTH OF LAKE
ERIE IF YOU PUT ALL THE WATER
TOGETHER.
SO THERE IS WATER.
>> NOAH, THE NEXT QUESTION IS
FOR YOU, YOU HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ARE STUDY A
LITTLE CLOSER THAN WE ARE HERE
ON EARTH, SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW
RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE LUNAR
ENVIRONMENT TODAY AND WHAT HAVE
WE LEARNED?
>> WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE
MOON 50 YEARS OF UNDERSTANDING
STARTING WITH THE PRECURSOR TO
POLL LOW.
MEASURING THE RADIATION AND THE
SOLAR WIND AND COMING AND
PLANTING ON THE LOU NOR SUR
FAUS AND UNDERSTANDING THE
CHANGES, THE MOON QUAKES THAT
ARE OCCRRING.
SO FOR 50 YEARS WE HAVE HAD THE
DATA AND THE LAST TEN YEARS
FROM THE LUN NAR RECON SENSE
ORBITER.
WE SEE THE CRATERS FORMING
EVERY DAY AND CHANGING THE
SURFACE AND LOOKING AT THE NEW
ENVIRONMENTS OF THE MOON.
THE POLARS OF THE MOON, NO SUN
LIGHT, COLD TEMPERATURES, AND
SO, THE COMBINED DATA OF
APOLLO, AND UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTS OF THE MOON AND
LAVA ON THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON, AND WE HAVE A ROBUST
PICTURE OF THE LUNAR
ENVIRONMENT AND THE THE
DYNAMICS AND A LOT OF PLACES WE
WOULD LOVE TO GO.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A HUGE SWEET
OF PLACES ON THE SURFACE THAT
COMPEL US TO EXPLORE FURTHER ON
THE MOON.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT
CRATERS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT
IS HAPPENING YEARLY, DAILY,
MONTHLY?
>> THERE IS A CONSTANT
BOMBARDMENT OF THE MEERT IETS.
WE WANT TO BE THERE LONGER WE
HAVE NO KNOW HOW THE MOON IS
CHANGING AND THE THREATS IT IS
POSING TO THE ASTRONAUTS.
>> YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE
SOMETHING CLOSE TO THE MOON,
KELSEY TELL US MORE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HEARD ABOUT APOLLO AND THEY
COLLECTED AN AMAZING SUITE OF
SAMPLES AND BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS
COME A LONG WAY SINCE APOLLO
AND THINGS TO HOLD IN THE HANDS
TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL TIME
EXAMPLES OF THE ROCKS ON THE
MOON AND GOING OUT AND TESTING
THESE THINGS IN THE
ENVIRONMENTS HERE ON EARTH TO
UNDERSTAND HOW EXACTLY
ASTRONAUTS IN THE FUTURE CAN
USE THE INSTRUMENTS.
WHAT PROCESSES HERE ON EARTH DO
WE SEE SEEING FORMING ON THE
LUNAR SURFACE AS WELL, ONE OF
THE EXAMPLES IS LUNAR TUBES.
IT IS REALLY EXCITING.
>> NOW IS THE CHANCE FOR THE
QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.
IF YOU GO TO TWITTER AND USE
ASK NASA OR SEND IN YOUR
QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE FROM MARK DO WE
HAVE GOOD MATERIALS TO BLOCK
THE SOLAR RADIATION OR
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
DEVELOPED?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION,
MARK.
SO ACTUALLY THE SOIL THAT ON
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON IS
REALLY GOOD AT BLOCKING THE
SUN'S RADIATION.
FROM THE APOLLO SAMPLES WE SEE
THE SOLAR WIND AND STUCK ON THE
VERY, VERY SURFACE.
WE DON'T NEED A LOT.
WE USE THAT SOIL TO BUILD WALLS
OR TO PROVIDE SHELTER.
>> GREAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE
FROM FACEBOOK, AND IF THE MOON
HAS NO ATMOSPHERE, HOW CAN
THERE BE WATER?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
THE MOON HAS A LITTLE
ATMOSPHERE BUT SO SMALL THAT
WHEN THE APOLLO CAPSULE LANDED
AND LET OUT THE AIR IT DOUBLED
THE MOON'S ATMOSPHERE.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE MOON
GETS HIT BY COMETS AND THOSE
COMETS HAVE WATER IN THEM AND
IF THAT WATER LANDS WHERE IT IS
COLD IT IS FREEZING INTO ICE.
AND CAN BE STABLE.
IT IS SO COLD IT IS NOT
EVAPORATING IN BILLIONS OF
YEARS.
>> WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
FLOWING WATER OR RIVERS OR
OCEANS, IT IS A SINGLE LAYER
MOLECULES AND WE TALK ABOUT
WATER, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE WATER LIKE WE SEE AFTER A
RAINY DAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
OR THE BEACHES.
THE DREST DESERT ON THE EARTH
IS FAT -- FAR WETTER THAN ON
THE MOON.
HOW CAN YOU COLLECT ANYTHING TO
DO ANYTHING?
>> SO YOU HAVE TO HEAT IT UP,
BECAUSE THE WATT EVERY IS STUCK
TO THE SURFACES AND IF IT IS
WARMED UP ENOUGH IT LEAVES AND
THE REASON WHY IT IS STICKING
BECAUSE IT IS NOT QUITE WARM
ENOUGH.
SO YOU CAN GATHER UP A LOT THE
SOIL THAT HAS THE WATER STUCK
TO THE SURFACE AND HEAT IT UP
AND COLLECT IT.
>> YEAH, THAT IS ONE OF THE
WAYS THAT THE WE KNOW THAT THE
MOON IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
EARTH.
LOOK AT THE MOON ROCKS, THE
WETTEST MOON ROCKS HAVE SUCH A
SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER.
FOR 40 YEARS WE THOUGHT NO
WATER WAS ON THE MOON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO TWITTER, CONSIDERING THE
EXPLORATION, WHAT IS THE
CURRENT DEBATE ABOUT THE PAST,
SHOULD THE LANDING SITES OF
APOLLO BE PROTECTED AS A
CULTURE HERITAGE SITE?
>> YES, THEY ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT SITES FOR THE
NATION'S HISTORY AND THE
HISTORY OF HUMAN KIND AND THEY
ARE IMPORTANT SITES TO
PRESERVE.
WE ALL ARE STILL LEARNING A LOT
OF THINGS ABOUT THE ROCKS
COLLECTED AT THESE SITES AND A
LOT TO BE LEARNED AND
PRESERVATION SHOULD BE ON OUR
MINDS.
>> I ALSO THINK IT IS VALUABLE
TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE LANDS
SITES AND SEEING HOW THE
MATERIAL LEFT BEHIND HAS IT
CHANGED AND HOW IT WORN FROM
THE RADIATION AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
WE KEEP THEM PRESSING TEEN.
>> BY SAYING THAT, YOU CAN
LEARN ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE
PRESENCE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE
WHEN YOU SEE THE ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTING.
>> WE HAVE A QUESTION, PEGGY,
WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL TO
USE ON THE MOON TO TELL US
ABOUT THE INHABITABILITY.
>> MEASURING THE RADIATION ON
THE SURFACE.
>> YES, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
APSE TO QUANTIFY WHAT RESOURCES
ARE THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE WITH US.
FINDING OUT WHERE THE WATER IS
AND UNDERSTANDING WHETHER THAT
WATER IS ONLY IN THE POLAR
REGIONS AND HOW MUCH IS AT
LOWER LATITUDES.
>> ALL RIGHT, TANK YOU ALL FOR
THE QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO ANSWER MORE
QUESTIONS LATER ON IN THE
SEGMENT.
BUT WE REALLY NEED TO TALK
ABOUT THE LAVA TUBES THAT
KELSEY MENTIONED.
THIS IS EXCITING.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THOSE ARE
ALL ABOUT.
>> THE MOON ORIGINALLY WAS A
BIG BALL OF MAGMA AND THROUGH
TIME, AS THE CRUST FORMED ON
THE SURFACE, THE MAGMA ON THE
INTERIOR SLOWLY LEAKED TO THE
SURFACE AND A LAVA TUBE IS
ESSENTIALLY A CAVE, A TUNNEL IN
WHICH THE LAVA FLOWED AND NOW
DRAINING OUT YOU HAVE AN OPEN
CAVE TO CONDUCT THE EXPER
EXPERIMENTS.
WE STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THEM
FROM THE PLANETS AND THE MOON.
FROM THE IMAGES FROM THE LUNAR
RECON SENSE ORBITER.
THEY COULD BE PATHWAYS TO TENS
OF HUNDREDS OF METERS LONG OR
KILOMETERS LONG, UNDERSTANDING
WHEN AND WHERE THEY FORMED O
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON IS
EXCITING.
THE CAVERNS ARE PROTECTED FROM
THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT SO THIS
IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO COLLECT
THE SAMPLES THAT TELLS US ABOUT
THE MOON AND THE SOLAR SYSTEMT.
NEXT STEPS ARE PLANNING ROBOTIC
EXPLORATION OF THE MOON AND
OBSERVATIONS TO HELP CON IF I
WERE THE PRESENCE OF THE LAVA
TUBES OR THE VOID SPACES OR
ACCESSIBLE BY ROBOTS OR MAYBE
HUMANS IN THE FUTURE, TO ME IT
IS MAKING THEM A VERY
INTERESTING AND EXCITING ASPECT
OF STUDYING THE MOON.
>> SO THAT IS SO COOL.
THERE IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD
UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
THAT WE REALLY NEED TO EXPLORE.
SO KELSEY, I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL
ABOUT THIS, THAT IS JUST A
TASTE, CAN YOU TELL US MORE
ABOUT THE LAVA TUBES AND WHAT
ELSE DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
THE MOON TO EXPLORE?
>> YES, LOOKING AT THE LAVA
TUBES ON EARTH, THEY TELL US
ABOUT THE LAVA FLOWING,
VOLCANIC HISTORY.
WE THINK THE SAME THING ABOUT
THE LUNAR TUBES, WE ARE ABLE TO
LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THE
TRAINS RECEIVED THE LAVA PITS
AND WE GO TO THE LAVA TUBES ON
EARTH AND USE THE INSTRUMENTS
TO TRAVERSE ON TOP OF THE TIEBS
AND IMAGE UNDER THE SURFACE
WITHOUT GOING TO THE PIT
ITSELF.
BUT DOING THE FIELD WORK ON
EARTH, YOU ARE ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BELOW AND
ACTUALLY PERHAPS DEDUCE THE
VOLCANIC HISTORY.
>> REALLY WONDERFUL.
>> LET'S ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
USING TWITTER HASHTAG ASK NASA.
THAT IS NASA SCIENCE LIVE.
CHRIS ON TWITTER IS ASKING WHAT
BACHELOR QUALIFICATIONS ARE
THERE REQUIRED FOR INTERNSHIP.
HE WANTS TO JOIN NASA.
>> YES, NASA TAKES ALL KINDS,
ENGINEERING, MATH, SCIENCE, BUT
WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN ALL
BACKGROUNDS, ART, BUSINESS,
COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA, NASA
REALLY NEEDS ALL TYPES TO MAKE
OUR MISSION HAPPEN AND I WOULD
REALLY JUST SAY FOLLOW YOUR
PASSION AND GET INVOLVED.
>> I THINK NASA ATTRACTS PEOPLE
ARE JUST INTERESTED IN LEARNING
MORE AND WHETHER IT IS THE
SCIENCE, ENGINEER, OR
HUMANITIES, NASA HAS A HISTORY
OFFICE.
THE PEOPLE PUTTING ON THIS SHOW
ARE NASA EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE
THIS RICH FAMILY FROM DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS THAT MAKE NASA A
UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PLACE TO
WORK AND WE GET OUTSIDE PEOPLE
COMING IN AS WELL THAT WE WORK
WITH AS WELL.
>> I WORK IN THE JOHNS HOPKINS
AND WE HAVE INTERNS WORKING
THERE WITH THE COMPUTER AND
ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE AND
MATH BACKGROUNDS AND SORTS OF
OTHER WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
>> LET'S GET BACK TO THE
SCIENCE, ASKING WOULD THE TUBES
UNDER THE MOON CONTAIN OXYGEN?
>> ON THE MOON, PROBABLY NOT,
BUT THEY COULD CONTAIN USABLE
RESOURCES.
THERE IS A TUBE OUT IN
CALIFORNIA WITH THE ICE BURIED
DEEP BELOW THE SURFACE IN A HOT
DESERT ENVIRONMENT SO IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT THE TUBES CONTAIN
DOWN THE LINE COULD BE USED AS
A RESOURCE ONCE WE FIND OUT
WHAT IS DOWN THERE.
WE HAVE A CLASS ASKING US,
EARTH SCIENCE LITERATURE CLASS,
ASKING FROM A SIXTH GRADE
CLASS, IF YOU CAN JUMP HIGH
ENOUGH ON THE MOON CAN YOU FLY
INTO SPACE?
>> IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT JUMPING
HIGH, BUT FAST.
THE MOON HAS WEAKER GRAVITY,
ONE SIXTH THE GRAVITY ON THE
EARTH.
I SUPPOSE IF JACK HAD THE
WHEATIES ADD JUMPED HIGH, I
DON'T KNOW IF JACK COULD HAVE
JUMPED WHAT IT IS ONE HALF
KILOMETERS PER SECOND TO LEAVE
THE GRAVITY OF THE MOON.
IT IS LOOKING, IT IS KANGAROO
HOPPING AROUND THE MOON.
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND IF YOU CAN
MAKE IT TO THE MOON OR MARS.
YOU WANT TO GET BACK DOWN.
>> THAT WOULD BE AWFUL FLOATING
OUT THERE.
ARE THERE ANY NEW MOON MISSIONS
BEING PLANNED OR CONSTRUCTED
ANY TIME SOON?
>> YOU MENTIONED TODAY, WE HAVE
THIS PROGRAM THAT IS COMING UP
WITH LAUNCHES PERHAPS AS EARLY
AS THIS YEAR.
THERE WILL BE MIXES -- MISSIONS
TO THE MOON SOON.
I THINK WE ARE AT A NEW
GENERATION AND LUNAR
EXPLORATION WITH SMALLER
MISSIONS BRINGING THE PAYLOADS
TO TO SURFACE AND ASKING THE
FOLKS QUESTIONS ON THE LUNAR
SURFACE.
WE ANTICIPATE A TIME WITH
BIGGER MISSIONS AND NASA HAS A
PROCESS FOR PROPOSING THAT.
THAT IS IN THE PIPELINE.
STAY TUNED BECAUSE IT IS
GETTING BUSY AT THE MOON AND WE
HOPE TO GET COMPANY JOINING US
AT THE MOON SOON.
>> WE HAVE A TIME FOR A
QUESTION.
IT IS FROM FACEBOOK.
IS ONE OF THE USES OF MINING
WATER ON THE MOON TO PROVIDE
THE FUEL TO PROPEL US TO MARS?
>> YES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN DO, BECAUSE EVEN THE
MOON DOES HAVE A GRAVITY WELL,
IT IS LESS OF A GRAVITY WELL
THAN THE EARTH GRAVITY WELL AND
LESS EXPENSE TO PROPEL FROM THE
MOON THAN EARTH.
IF WE WANT TO SEND ANYTHING
ROBOTIC OR HUMAN SPACE MISSIONS
TO MARS, THEN WE COULD FUEL
THAT WE GET FROM MOON THAT WE
MAKE FROM THE WATER THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR
SUBMITTING THE QUESTIONS.
I WANT SEND YOU MY QUESTIONS.
THE FINAL BIG QUESTION FOR EACH
OF YOU BECAUSE NASA IS GEARING
UP TO SEND ALL OF THE NEW
THINGS OUT TO THE MOON, SO WHAT
ARE EACH OF YOU LOOKING FORWARD
TO RESEARCHING OUT THERE, WHAT
MOON MYSTERIES DOE YOU NEED TO
KNOW?
>> I WANT TO SEND SOMETHING TO
THE MAGNETIC FIELD REGION TO
THE MOON AND UNDERSTAND HOW
WELL THE WELLS BLOCK THE SOLAR
WIND AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
WIND IS INTERACTING WITH THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON AND IF IT
IS EVEN MAKING WATER.
>> THE MOON HAS A GREAT
INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND
HELIOPHYSICS AND GOING TO A
LOCATION ON THE MOON AND
DRILLING.
THE DEEPER YOU GO INTO A LUNAR
SURFACE AND BUSTED UP SOIL AND
GOING BACK IN TIME AND MAYBE
UNDERSTANDING THAT
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS HAPPENING
ON THE SUN FOUR BILLION YEARS
AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS FOR
TODAY.
>> GOING BACK WE THOUGHT THAT
THE MOON WAS DEAD.
WE ARE FINDING IT IS A DYNAMIC
AND RELATIVELY SPEAKING YOUNG
MAN.
WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF A COUPLE OF
DECADES OF MILLIONS OF YEARS
AGO AND SEEING ACTIVE IMPACTS
ON THE SURFACE, UNDERSTANDING
THOSE RECENT PATH OF THE LUNAR
HISTORY, NEVER SOMETHING WE
THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING WE
COULD DO IS SOMETHING
IMPORTANT.
>> EXLEAPT.
WE HAVE TIME FOR A QUESTION.
THAT IS GREAT, BECAUSE WE
TALKED ABOUT IT AT ONE POINT
OUR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS COMING
THROUGH THE INTERNSHIPS, HOW
DID YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO NASA?
>> SO I STUDIED PHYICS IN
COLLEGE.
>> FOR ME, I HAD GREAT TEACHERS
WHO PUSHED AND ENCOURAGED ME
AND MY FATHER WORKED ON APOLLO
AND I BECAME A GEEOLOGIST AND
COLLEGE PROFESSOR SAY YOU CAN
GO GEEOLOGY OF PLANETS.
I WILL DO THAT.
I DID A SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN
ARIZONA AND AS THE BEAUTIFUL
PLACE TO BE AND OPENED THE EYES
TO THE PLANETARY SCIENCE AND
WHAT THE CAREER MEANS AND PATH
OF GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL AND
ENDED UP HERE AT GAD GODDARD
AND IT IS A GREAT PATH BECAUSE
OF THE FAMILY AND AMASZING
TORS.
>> I STUDIED FIELD GEEOLOGY
AND GOING OUT IN THE FIELD FOR
WORK AND SOLVING THE PUZZLES
WAS COMPLETELY FASCINATING TO
ME.
I THOUGHT BEING ABLE TO DO THIS
ON OTHER PLANETS, ARE YOU
KIDDING ME, IS THIS A JOB.
I GOT MY PH.D. AND CAME HERE
AND NEVER LEFT.
>> YOU CAN TAKE ONE TING TO
THE MOON WITH YOU, WHAT WOULD
YOU TAKE?
IF YOU COULD GO?
>> I WOULD TAKE A CAMERA AND DO
SELFIES ALL OVER.
>> I WOULD TAKE A ROCK HAMMER
AND GET AS MANY SAMPLES TO
BRING BACK AND STUDY ON EARTH.
>> ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY.
>> WE HAVE ONE LAST THING, CAN
WE EVER RAISE ANIMALS OR GROW
FOOD ON THE MOON?
>> YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IN
A HABITAT.
YOU KNOW, THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT
IS NOT SUITABLE FOR LIFE,
ANYTHING EXPOSED TO THE SURFACE
WOULDN'T THRIVE.
IF YOU HAVE ENCLOSED SPACE, THE
LUNAR MODULE SUSTAINED
ASTRONAUTS.
MAKE IT BIGGER AND BRING A DOG
AND A CAT.
YOU NEED THE SPACE TO DO IT AND
GROWING IN THERE WOULD BE FUN.
THERE ARE EXPERIMENTS ON THE
SPACE STATION AND GROWING
VEGE
VEGETABLES.
THE IDEA OF SUSTAINABLE.
YOU HAVE TO GROW SOME OF IT.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN USE THE
LUNAR SOIL TO GROW THE
POTATOES.
IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN SOIL AND
FERTILIZER YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
DO IT IN YOUR HABITAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR
PARTICIPATING WITH THIS.
AND I WANT THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING AND SENDING IN
YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE ASK NASA
HASHTAG.
WE'LL ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
THE SCIENTISTS ARE STICKING AND
TO DO IT VIA THE INTERNET.
WE CHOOSE TO DO THIS LIVE TO
FUEL THE CURIOSITY AND WE THINK
THAT THE ANSWERS AND THE
QUESTIONS HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
THE UNIVERSE.
IF UCH QUESTIONS, SEND THEM
ALONG.
NEXT TIME, WE ARE GOING TO TALK
WHAT IT TAKES TO GO INNER
STELLAR.