THANK YOU.
ONCE AGAIN, STEPHEN COLBERT
WILL TAKE A HUMOROUS LOOK AT
TONIGHT'S DEBATE IN A LIVE SHOW
THAT AIRS HERE NEXT ON CBS4.
A NEW LUNAR MISSION IN THE
WORKS.
STUDENTS AT CU BOULDER ARE IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT.
THEY WANT TO SEND HUNDREDS OF
TINY SPACECRAFT TO THE MOON.
EACH ONE ONLY THE SIZE OF A
LEAF.
THE YOUNG SCIENTIST GAVE CBS4'S
KAREN MORFITT A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE PROJECT.
Reporter: STUDENTS AT CU
HAVE BIG PLANS TO EXPLORE THE
NEW AND IT STARTS WITH HUNDREDS
OF TINY SPACECRAFT.
INSPIRED BY NASA'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS MORE THAN 50
YEARS AGO, STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER
ARE PLANNING THEIR OWN MISSION
TO THE MOON.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
INVOLVED AND PUT STUFF ON THE
MOON.
Reporter: HE IS PART OF THE
TEAM HELPING LAUNCH THE GREAT
LUNAR EXPEDITION FOR EVERYONE,
ALSO KNOWN AS GLEE.
AN IDEA THAT STARTED WITH
COLORADO SPACE --
IF YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY, LET'S NOT
CELEBRATE, START DOING AGAIN.
THAT IS WHERE THE IDEA CAME
FROM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THE
NEXT GENERATION EXCITED ABOUT
GOING TO THE MOON?
Reporter: THE MISSION IS TO
RIDE TO THE MOON AND DEPLOYED
500 LUNAR SPACECRAFT ONTO THE
SURFACE BY 2023.
EACH ONE WILL BE COVERED IN
SENSORS AND PROGRAMMED BY TEAMS
OF STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD.
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF
THEM, WE COULD HAVE STUDENTS
FROM ALL OVER PARTICIPATE IN
DEVELOPING THOSE MISSIONS FOR
THE INDIVIDUALS.
Reporter: BEFORE THAT, THE
TEAM AT CU HAS TO ENGINEER THE
TINY SPACECRAFT SO IT IS EASY
TO USE.
DEVELOPING MODULES THE LIVER TO
THE MOON SURFACE AND BUILD
AWARENESS AROUND THE PROJECT TO
ENSURE IT IS A GLOBAL SUCCESS.
PROBABLY AIMING FOR THE MOON
QUITE LITERALLY, ALSO IF WE GET
THAT KIND OF SUPPORT AND THAT
KIND OF INVOLVEMENT, I THINK AT
SOME LEVEL WE CAN PROBABLY --
SPACE EXPIRATION.
Reporter: AS THEY WORK
THROUGH THE 2023 DEADLINE, YOU
