WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 - A Future Mission To Mars with Rick Chappell
Targeted Audience: students in grades 4 – 12
Join former Astronaut Rick Chappell and dream about going to Mars!! Mars is just a stone's throw across the solar system from Earth, but a manned mission to Mars is still in the planning stages. The people chosen to go to Mars will be out of reach of the Earth, completely on their own. While all the people going to Mars will be astronauts, should they have various fields of specialty, like botany, engineering, or geology, or should each person be a jack-of-all-trades? If we send people with different professional backgrounds, which professions are most desirable?
It will take nine months to get to Mars, and then you must spend some time on Mars! You will have to spend 3-4 months on Mars before you can begin your return trip. All in all, your trip to Mars would take about 21 months: 9 months to get there, 3 months there, and 9 months to get back. So, what preparations and provisions must be made? Join Rick Chappell for this exciting discussion.
Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then 15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu
