NASA Mars Rover Mission: Nuclear Technologies in Space Exploration
NASA Mars Rover Mission: Nuclear Technologies in Space Exploration
On December 8, 2011 the Foundation for Nuclear Studies hosted a luncheon discussion on the recently launched NASA Rover Mission to Mars and highlighted the nuclear technology that is being utilized in space exploration.
Speakers:
Dr. Pamela Conrad
Deputy Principal Investigator, Sample Analysis at Mars
Mars Science Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Stephen Johnson
Director for Space Nuclear Systems and Technologies Division
Idaho National Laboratory
Presentations:
FNSJohnsonMars.pdf
Conrad_Slides.pdf
If you have any further questions or want to track the Rover’s progress, please visit these sites:
NASA: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
Idaho National Laboratory: www.inl.gov/marsrover/
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