Project description

Writing course designed to develop an understanding of modern�solar�system�exploration. Discussion will center on describing our home planet as a member of a diverse family of objects in our�solar�system. In addition to studying what we have learned of other planets�and�satellites from unmanned�spacecraft, we will also discuss�the�missions�themselves�and�describe�the�process of how�they are selected�and�developed. Guest lecturers will include political advocacy experts, NASA officials,�and�science team members of active NASA/ESA missions. Participants will study, debate,�and�learn to write critically about important issues in science�and�public�policy�that benefit from this perspective. Topics discussed include space�policy,�thepotential for life in�the�ocean worlds of�the�outer�solarsystem,�the�search for extrasolar�planets�and�extraterrestrial intelligence,�and�the�exploration�of Mars.�

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