General Information

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.

Prerequisites

No scientific background is assumed

Topics Covered

• Space policy
• Potential life in the solar system
• The search for extrasolar planets & extraterrestrial intelligence
• The exploration of Mars

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