Q & A With Steve Squyres, Coming in September |
Q & A With Steve Squyres, Coming in September |
Jul 27 2005, 11:46 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
As previously reported, there's a great lineup of speakers at the BAA out of London meeting on September 3rd - including MER Principle Investigator Steve Squyres.
Steve has kindly offered some of his time so that we can meet up and do a Q'n'A based on questions submitted by you lot. Obviously - there will be loads and loads of questions you want to ask and only so much time in which to ask them - however - I'll do what I can to pick as many of the best as I can squeeze in in the time available. There will be a write up here, obviously, and I will try and record it as an MP3 and post that here as well. Steve's book 'Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet' is published next week - and a signed copy will be winging its way to the person submitting the best question! * If you have questions you want me to pitch to Steve, then drop me an email to doug@rlproject.com with the subject SS Q&A As a heads up - please take note of the other speakers at the BAA meeting - and if you have specific questions you'd like asked of them - I'll do my best to try and get them in after their presentations at the meeting. The last two ( Profs Greeley and Muller ) are on the Sunday and the Friday respectively, but I will be trying to get down to those presentations as well - but no promises. -Prof. Carolyn Porco, Principal investigator, Cassini imaging system -Prof. John Zarnecki, Principal investigator, Huygens surface science -Prof. Mike A'Hearn, Principal Investigator, Deep Impact, -Prof. Ron Greeley, Scientist on several planetary missions, Chairman of NASA & NAS Mars exploration panel -Prof. Jan-Peter Muller, Scientist on Mars Express hi-resolution camera team, University College London. Doug * 'best' to be picked by SS and myself on the day |
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Aug 21 2005, 01:09 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 18-April 05 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 249 |
I just realized that the deadline is August 21, so I will submit these questions prior to reading his book. These are the questions I would ask Steve over a pint:
1. What has he learned or seen from the MER that most surprised/shocked him? 2. What issue/question caused the most heated debate among the MER team and how was that issue resolved? (possible follow up: did the MER team have a similar debate as seen on this forum about whether Spirit should stop for "boring science stuff" while going up Husband Hill versus "put the metal to the petal" to see if more promising science targets were found on the other side?) 3. Which is his favorite rover and why? 4. What date does he predict humans will set foot on mars? What will be the vintage of the first wine made from grapes grown on Mars? 5. Any chance for a rover expedition to Titan? 6. Has there been any scientific (as opposed to PR) benefit from posting the raw data from MER so quickly on the internet -- have observations/analysis from the amateur community had any impact on the science conducted by the MER? Stated alternatively, is there any benefit he would tell to ESA of disseminating information rapidly to the public, aside from the PR aspects. Alternatively again, is there a down side to doing so? If so, what? 7. Does he still hope to find lacustrine materials in Gusev crater? If so, where does he think is the most likely place to find it? 8. How do the original space-based observations of Hematite at Meridiani compare with what was actually found on the ground and what does that tell us about Meridiani? I will leave it at that! |
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