Presentation: Astronauts, Robots and Rocks: Preparing for Geological Planetary Exploration
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2011-10-27
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Environmental Science Instiute
Helper, Mark
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Environmental Science Institute
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Imagine yourself as a scientist visiting a research site on the moon for the first time, using new ways to understand the unexplored territory around you. Geologist Dr. Mark Helper will bring this scenario to life, presenting how his expertise in geological field research is assisting NASA develop new techniques for human planetary exploration. Dr. Helper will tell us of training astronauts to do geological field work, and of work with NASA roboticists at a large Canadian impact crater to test the use of robots as an aid to human planetary exploration.
More info about Dr. Helper's research can be found in a short video from The University of Texas .