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The Quest to Build a Telescope on the Moon

Carla J Johns — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:49:28 +0000

The Quest to Build a Telescope on the Moon Carla J Johns Tue, 09/24/2024 - 11:49

Matthew Hutson

From The New Yorker Magazine: A few months ago, I flew to Houston to visit a small startup called Lunar Resources, which aspires to build the largest telescope in the solar system—not on Earth but on the far side of the moon. Houston is nicknamed Space City; on the ride from the airport, I passed the ballpark where the Astros play, and, outside a McDonald’s on East NASA Parkway, I saw a giant sculpture of an astronaut holding French fries. I found Lunar Resources in a boxy building where the company leases square footage from the aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin. Read more…

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Here Is the Trump Transition Team's Big Plan for NASA

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:03:03 +0000

Here Is the Trump Transition Team's Big Plan for NASA Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/27/2017 - 17:03

Jay Bennett

From Popular Mechanics: They met with astrophysicist Jack Burns, a member of President Trump's NASA transition team, to learn alittle about what we can expect from the agency moving forward. If you feel like NASA's been in limbo lately, you're not alone. "NASA has been kind of stuck for much of the last decade," says Jack Burns, who serves as a member of President Trump's NASA transition team. "After the shuttle stopped flying, people were even confused as to whether NASA existed any longer—I mean it was that bad." Read more...

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CU & NASA to Build Observatories on the Moon

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:18:11 +0000

CU & NASA to Build Observatories on the Moon Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/24/2017 - 11:18

9News

From 9News: Jessica Oh from 9News interviews Dr. Jack Burns and Keith Tauscher who are part of the team at the University of Colorado Boulder and NASA who are researching building observatories on the Moon. Watch the video...

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Filling in the Missing History of the Universe

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:59:52 +0000

Filling in the Missing History of the Universe Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 04/19/2017 - 10:59

Jay Bennett

From Popular Mechanics: From probing the Dark Ages of the universe to building a telescope on the moon, pinpointing the light of the first star will be no easy task.

Jack Burns is interested in the Dark Ages of the universe. His primary research team—consisting of 22 scientists from CU, UCLA, NASA Goddard, Arizona State and more—wants to know how things began. Specifically, they are working to investigate the time when the universe's very first stars were born, a period that's clouded in mystery and darkness. And they are going to do it by launching a telescope to the moon. Read more...

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Listening in on the early universe from the far side of the moon

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:00:00 +0000

Listening in on the early universe from the far side of the moon Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 03/27/2017 - 12:00

Jim Scott

From CU Boulder Today: A University of Colorado Boulder team has entered into a five-year, $3.5-million cooperative agreement with NASA to become part of a virtual institute to pursue the construction of astronomical observatories on the moon.

The research team, led by Professor Jack Burns of the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, is one of four new research groups named to join the existing nine that comprise NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). SSERVI fosters collaborations with science and exploration communities, enabling cross-disciplinary partnerships with research institutes both domestic and abroad.

The research group, which will be known as the Network for Exploration and Space Science (NESS), will implement partnerships to advance scientific discovery and human exploration in the lunar environment. The team will conduct research in robotics, cosmology, astrophysics and the study of the sun.

“We are thrilled to be selected by NASA to participate in this new solar system exploration initiative. It was a highly competitive selection process,” Burns said. “CU Boulder has a long heritage with NASA, and our undergraduates and graduate students are involved in virtually all of the space research that we conduct on campus.” Read more...

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NASA Selects New Research Teams

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:22:14 +0000

NASA Selects New Research Teams Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/17/2017 - 11:22

NASA

From NASA: NASA Selects New Research Teams to Further Solar System Exploration Research

In an effort to advance basic and applied research for lunar and planetary science, and advance human exploration of the solar system through scientific discovery, NASA created the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute or SSERVI. The institute fosters collaborations with science and exploration communities, which enables cross-disciplinary partnerships with research institutions, both domestic and abroad. Read more...

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