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>> WELCOME TO THE VERY FIRST 
EPISODE OF NASA SCIENCE LIVE.
THIS IS IS A CHANGE TO TAKE YOU
BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET TO 
KNOW THE SPACE AGENCY.
TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 
MOON.
BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT.
HERE ARE THE MOST RECENT NASA 
NEWS.
WE ARE ALL BROKEN HEARTED EMOJI
SAYING GOOD TO THE ROVER.
IT LASTED 15 YEARS.
DESPITE THE ORIGINAL MISSION 
PROPOSING IT FOR IT TO LAST 90
DAYS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT ALL SAD 
BECAUSE IT AFFORDED AWE NEW 
GENERATION OF SPACE EXPL
EXPLORATION.
WHEN THIS MISSION ENDED,  WE 
D  
LOOK AT THE ORIGINS OF THE 
UNIVERSE AND IT IS SALMONELLAED
SPHEREX.
WHY DID THE JUNE VERSE EXPAND 
SO RAPIDLY AFTER THE BIG BANG?
.
I KNOW.
NASA EXPANDING THE KWA THAT WE 
DO SCIENCE, INSTEAD OF 
DESIGNING AND BUILDING, WE 
BUYING THE SPACE.
THIS IS HOPEFULLY FAST TRACKS
THE SCIENC SO MUCH SO THAT WE
HAVE NEW SCIENCE ON THE MOON IN
AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS 
YEAR.
SO, SPEAKING OF THE MOON, LET'S
TALK ABOUT OUR COSMIC NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOR.
IT HAS BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE 
FIRST GOING TO THE MOON, THE 
MOON IS THE GREATEST 
ACHIEVEMENTS.
WHAT DUSZ IT TAKE TO GO BACK 
AND GENERATED A LOT OF 
QUESTION 
BACK TO FIND OUT MORE.
OVER THE COURSE OF OUR SHOW 
TODAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 
FEW IMPORTANT THINGS, THE 
EARTH, THE MOON, THE LUNAR 
LEGACY AND MOON MYSTERIES A 
ASK NASA PORTION, THAT IS A 
CHANCE FOR YOU TO ASK US 
QUESTIONS.
AND FOR OUR EXPERTS TO ANSWER 
THEM.
SO OUR NEW GOAL IS GOING BACK 
TO THE MOON FOR LONG TERM 
EXPLORATION, AND THIS HAS A 
HOST OF CHALLENGES THAT DIDN'T 
IST 50 YEARS AGO.
WHY GOING BACK TO THE MOON.
BECAUSE IT IS THE KEY TO 
HISTORY OF OUR EARTH, OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM, DEEP SPACE MISSIONS TO 
MARS AND WITH ALL OF THE NEW 
CHARGES, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 
ITS ENVIRONMENT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF 
REFERENCE, THE LONGEST AN 
ASTRONAUT OUT THERE IS JUST 
THREE DAYS, GOING BACK LONG 
TERM WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE 
ENVIRONMENT A. HUGE AND 
CRITICAL THINK TO THINK ABOUT 
IS THE RADIATION.
HEREEARTH WE HAVE THE 
ATMOSPHERE, THAT IS GOING TO 
PROTECT US.
ANYTHING ON THE MOON IS BALDLY 
EXPOSED.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAR MORE 
ABOUT THAT.
>> THE SUN IS A DAMAGING
OF THE RATED YAGS, ALL OBJECTS 
HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE 
HAZARD, INCLUDING THE PLANETS.
NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE 
COLOR RATION ON THE MOON COULD 
BE A FORM OF SUN BURN.
>> THE LEADING HIGH THOT SIS 
THAT IS THE FIELD IS BLOCKING 
THE SOLAR WIND FROM REACHING 
THE SURFACE.
>> THE RADIATION FILLS THE 
INNER SOLAR SYSTEM AND 
PROTECTING AGAINST IT.
THE MAGNETIC FIELD ON THE MOON.
IT IS FUNNELED BY THE REGIONS.
THE SHIELDED AREAS UNDER THE 
FIELD FORM PARTS AND THEY 
BECOME DARKER AND THE CONTRAST 
IS PROMINENT.
>> THE MAGNETIC FIELDS IN SOME 
REGION IS ACTING AS A SUN 
SCREEN, STIECHLS YOU MISS A BIT
AND YOU HAVE A BRIGHT RED SPOT 
ON THE SKIN, THAT IS THE 
ANALOGY OF THIS SORT OF REGION 
OF THE MOON THAT IS ERA 
EXPOSED.
>> THE MOON'S PASSAGES ARE NOT 
ROBUST ENOUGH TO PROTECT FROM 
THE SUN'S RADIATION, FUR 24ER 
STUDY OF THE MAGNETIC FIELDS 
LEADS THE GROUND WORK.
>> WHAT IF WE CAN PRODUCE 
ARTIFICIALLY SHS THAT IS A 
QUESTION THAT REMAINS TO BE 
ANSWERED AND THE MAGNETIC 
FIELDS ON THE MOON AND THE 
SWIRLS PROVIDE A HINT IN THAT 
DIRECTION THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT.
>> SO WITH US TODAY WE HAVE 
THREE EXPERTS THAT ARING GO TO 
GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT 
IT TAKES TO GO BACK TO MOON.
WE HAVE DANA HURLEY, A 
PLANETARY SCIENTIST AND NOAH 
PETRO AND KEGLY YOUNG, REEARCH
SPACE SCIENTIST.
DANA, YOU ARE RIGHT HERE WITH 
ME, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER
TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE 
ON THE MOON AND WHAT DOES THAT 
LUNAR ENVIRONMENT LOOK LIKE?
>> WE HAVE ASTRONAUTS THAT 
WOULD BE THERE FOR A LONG 
PERIOD OF TIME OR ASTRONAUTS 
COMING AND GOING, AND BEING 
ABLE TO GO OUT TO DO 
EXPERIMENTS ACROSS THE SURFACE 
AND THAT SORT OF THING SO WE 
NEED TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE 
RADIATION THAT THE SUN IS 
SPITTING OUT AND THAT IS COMING
THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM FROM 
THE GALAXY.
AND SO, ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO 
THAT IS BY BUILDING THE 
SHELTERS FOR THEM.
IF THERE ARE HIGH ENERGY 
PARTICLES THEY CAN GET OUT OF 
THE WAY.
BUT, YEAH, SO THAT'S THE BIG 
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE TO 
DEAL WITH FOR THE ASTRONAUTS.
>> I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT A 
BIT OF WAT THE MOON?
>> YEAH, THAT IS REALLY 
ENABLING IF WE WANT TO HAVE 
SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE ON THE 
MOON IS THAT THERE IS WATER AND
IN THE SHADOWED REGIONS NEAR 
THE LUNAR POLES AND IF WE CAN 
USE THE WATER ON THE MOON, WE 
DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT WITH US 
AND THAT'S BIG COST SAVINGS IN 
THAT ENABLES US TO SEND MORE 
MISSIONS TO THE MOON IF WE 
DON'T HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING 
WITH US AND USING THE PRODUCTS 
THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
>> HOW MUCH WATER ARE Y 
TALKING ABOUT THERE, IS IT A 
LOT?
>> IT IS A LOT FOR THE MOON.
TEN YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T THINK 
THERE WAS WATER ON THE MOON.
OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WE HAVE
DISCOVERED THERE IS WATER HERE 
AND WE PROBABLY COULD FILL UP 
MAYBE ONE THOUSANDTH OF LAKE 
ERIE IF YOU PUT ALL THE WATER 
TOGETHER.
SO THERE IS WATER.
>> NOAH, THE NEXT QUESTION IS 
FOR YOU, YOU HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO ARE STUDY A 
LITTLE CLOSER THA ARE HERE 
ON EARTH, SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW 
RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE LUNAR 
ENVIRONMENT TODAY AND WHAT HAVE
WE LEARNED?
>> WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE 
MOON 50 YEARS OF UNDERSTANDING 
STARTING WITH THE PRECURSOR TO 
POLL LOW.
MEASURING THE RADIATION AND THE
SOLAR WIND ANDOMING AND 
PLANTING ON THE LOU NOR SUR 
FAUS AND UNDERSTANDING THE 
CHANGES, THE MOON QUAKES THAT 
ARE OCCRRING.
SO FOR 50 YEARS WE HAVE HAD THE
DATA AND THE LAST TEN YEARS 
FROM THE LUN NAR RECON SENSE 
ORBITER.
WE SEE THE CRATERS FORMING  
EVERY DAY AND CHANGING THE 
SURFACE AND LOOKING AT THE NEW 
ENVIRONMENTS OF THE MOON.
THE POLARS OF THE MOON, NO SUN 
LIGHT, COLD TEMPERATURES, AND 
SO, THE COMBINED DATA OF 
APOLLO, AND UNIQUE 
CHARACTERISTS OF THE MOON AND 
LAVA ON THE SURFACE OFHE 
MOON, AND WE HAVE A ROBUST 
PICTURE OF THE LUNAR 
ENVIRONMENT AND THE THE 
DYNAMICS AND A LOT OF PLACES WE
WOULD LOVE TO GO.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A HUGE SWEET
OF PLACES ON THE SURFACE THAT 
COMPEL US TO EXPLORE FURTHER ON
THE MOON.
>> TALKED AUT THE IMPACT 
CRATERS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT
IS HAPPENING YEARLY, DAILY, 
MONTHLY?
>> THERE IS A CONSTANT 
BOMBARDMENT OF THE MEERT TS.
WE WANT TO BE THERE LONGER WE 
HAVE NO KNOW HOW THE MOON IS 
CHANGING AND THE THREATS IT IS 
POSING TO THE ASTRONAUTS.
>> YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE 
SOMETHING CLOSE TO THE MOON, 
KELSEY TELL US MORE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HEARD ABOUT APOLLO AND THEY 
COLLECTED AN AMAZING SUITE OF 
SAMPLES AND BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS 
COME A LONG WAY SINCE APOLLO 
AND THINGS TO HOLD IN THE HANDS
TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL TIME 
EXAMPLES OF THE ROCKS ON THE 
MOON AND GOING OUT AND TESTING 
THESE THINGS IN THE 
ENRONMENTS HERE ON EARTH TO 
UNDERSTAND HOW EXACTLY 
ASTRONAUTS IN THE FUTURE CAN 
USE THE INSTRUMENTS.
WHAT PROCESSES HERE ON EARTH DO
WE SEE SEEING FORMING ON THE 
LUNAR SURFA AS WELL, ONE OF 
THE EXAMPLES IS LUNAR TUBES.
IT IS REALLY EXCITING.
>> NOW IS THE CHANCE FOR THE 
QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.
IF YOU G TO TWITTER AND USE 
ASK NASA OR SEND IN YOUR 
QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE FROM MARK DO WE 
HAVE GOOD MATERIALS TO BLOCK 
THE SOLAR RADIATION OR 
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE 
DEVELOPED?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, 
MARK.
SO ACTUALLY THE SOIL THAT ON 
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON IS 
REALLY GOOD AT BLOCKING THE 
SUN'S RADIATION.
FROM THE APOLLO SAMPLES WE SEE 
THE SOLAR WIND AND STUCK ON T
VERY, VERY SURFACE.
WE DON'T NEED A LOT.
WE USE THAT SOIL TO BUILD WALLS
OR TO PROVIDE SHELTER.
>> GREAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE 
FROM FACEBOOK, AND IF THE MOON 
HAS NO ATMOSPHERE, HOW CAN 
THERE BE WATER?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
THE MOON HAS A LITTLE 
ATMOSPHERE BUT SO SMALL THAT 
WHEN THE APOLLO CAPSULE LANDED 
AND LET OUT THE AIR IT DOUBLED 
THE MOON'S ATMOSPHERE.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE MOON
GETS HIT BY COMETS AND THOSE 
COMETS HAVE WATER IN THEM AND 
IF THAT WATER LANDS WHERE IT IS
COLD IT IS FREEZING INTO ICE.
AND CAN BE STABLE.
IT IS SO COLD IT IS NOT 
EVAPORATING IN BILLIONS OF 
YEARS.
>> WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
FLOWING WATER OR RIVERS OR 
OCEANS, IT IS A SINGLE LAYER 
MOLECULES AND WE TALK ABOUT 
WATER, WE ARE N TALKINGUT
THE WATER LIKE WE SEE AFTER A 
RAINY DAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 
OR THE BEACHES.
THE DREST DESERT ON THE EARTH 
IS FAT -- FAR WETTER THAN ON 
THE MOON.
HOW CAN YOU COLLECT ANYTHING TO
DO ANYTHING?
>> SO YOU HAVE TO HEAT IT UP, 
BECAUSE THE WATT EVERY IS STUCK
TO THE SURFACES AND IF IT IS 
WARMED UP ENOUGH IT LS AND 
THE REASON WHY IT IS STICKING 
BECAUSE IT IS NOT QUITE WARM 
ENOUGH.
SO YOU CAN GATHER UP A LOT THE 
SOIL THAT HAS THE WATER STUCK 
TO THE SURFACE AND HEAT IT UP 
AND COLLECT IT.
>> YEAH, THAT IS ONE OF THE 
WAYS THAT THE WE KNOW THAT THE 
MOON IS DIFFERENT THAN THE 
EARTH.
MOON ROCKS, THE 
WETTEST MOON ROCKS HAVE SUCH A 
SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER.
FOR 40 YEARS WE THOUGHT NO 
WATER WAS ON THE MOON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO TWITTER, CONSIDERING THE 
EXPLORATION, WHAT IS THE 
CURRENT DEBATE ABOUT THE PAST, 
SHOULD THE LANDING SITES OF 
APOLLO BE PROTECTED AS A 
CULTURE HERITAGE SITE?
>> YES, THEY ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT SITES FOR THE 
NATION'S HISTORY AND THE 
HISTORY OF HUMAN KIND AND THEY 
ARE IMPORTANT SITES TO 
PRESERVE.
WE ALL ARE STILL LEARNING A LOT
OF THINGS ABOUT THE ROCKS 
COLLECTED AT THESE SITES AND A 
LOT TO BE LEARNED AND 
PRESERVATION SHOULD BE ON OUR 
MINDS.
>> I ALSO THINK IT IS VALUABLE 
TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE LANDS 
SITES AND SEEING HOW THE 
MATERIAL LEFT BEHIND HAS IT 
CHANGED AND HOW IT WORN FROM 
THE RADIATION AND THE 
ENVIRONMENT.
WE KEEP THEM PRESSING TEEN.
>> BY SAYING THAT, YOU CAN 
LEARN ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE 
PRESENCE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE 
WHEN YOU SEE THE ENVIRONMENT 
INTERACTING.
>> WE HAVE A QUESTION, PEGGY, 
WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL TO
USE ON THE MOON TO TELL US 
ABOUT THE INHABITABILITY.
>> MEANG THE RADIATION ON 
THE SURFACE.
>> YES, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
APSE TO QUANTIFY WHAT RESOURCES
ARE THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE WITH US.
FINDING OUT WHERE THE WATER IS 
AND UNDERSTANDING WHETHER THAT 
WATER IS ONLY IN THE POLAR 
REGIONS AND HOW MUCH IS AT 
LOWER LATITUDES.
>> ALL RIGHT, TANK YOU ALL FOR
THE QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO ANSWER MORE 
QUESTIONS LATER ON IN THE 
SEGMENT.
BUT WE REALLY NEED TO TALK 
ABOUT THE LAVA TUBES THAT 
KELSEY MENTIONED.
THIS IS EXCITING.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THOSE ARE 
ALL ABOUT.
>> THE MOON ORIGINALLY WAS A 
BIG BALL OF MAGMA AND THROUGH 
TIME, AS THE CRUST FORMED ON 
THE SURFACE, THE MAGMA ON THE 
INTERIOR SLOWLY LEAKED TO THE 
SURFACE AND A LAVA TUBES 
ESSENTIALLY A CAVE, A TUNNEL IN
WHICH THE LAVA FLOWED AND NOW 
DRAINING OUT YOU HAVE AN OPEN 
CAVE TO CONDUCT THE EXPERIM
EXPERIMENTS.
WE STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THEM 
FROM THE PLANETS AND THE MOON.
FROM THE IMAGES FROM THE LUNAR 
RECON SENSE ORBITER.
THEY COULD BE PATHWAYS TO TENS 
OF HUNDREDS METERS LONG OR 
KILOMETERS LONG, UNDERSTANDING 
WHEN AND WHERE THEY FORMED O 
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON IS 
EXCITING.
THE CAVERNS ARE PROTECTED FROM 
THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT SO THIS 
IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO COLLECT 
THE SAMPL THAT TELLS US ABOUT
THE MOON AND THE SOLAR SYSTEMT.
NEXT STEPS ARE PLANNING ROBOTIC
EXPLORATION OF THE MOON AND 
OBSERVATIONS TO HELP CON IF I 
WERE THE PRESENCE OF THE LAVA 
TUBES OR THE VOID SPACES OR
ACCESSIBLEY ROBOTS OR MAYBE 
HUMANS IN THE FUTURE, TO ME IT 
IS MAKING THEM A VERY 
INTERESTING AND EXCITING ASPECT
OF STUDYING THE MOON.
>> SO THAT IS SO COOL.
THERE IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD 
UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE MOON 
THAT WE REALLY TO EXPLORE.
SO KELSEY, I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL 
ABOUT THIS, THAT IS JUST A 
TASTE, CAN YOU TELL US MORE 
ABOUT THE LAVA TUBES AND WHAT 
ELSE DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 
THE MOON TO EXPLORE?
>> YES, LOOKING AT THE LAVA 
TUBES ON EARTH, THEY TELL US 
ABOUT THE LAVA FLOWING, 
VOLCANIC HISTORY.
WE THINK THE SAME THING ABOUT 
THE LUNAR TUBES, WE ARE ABLE TO
LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THE 
TRAINS RECEIVED THE LAVA PITS 
AND WE GO TO THE LAVA TUBES ON 
EARTH AND USE THE INSTRUMENTS 
TO TRAVERSE ON TOP OF THE TIEBS
AND IMAGE UNDER THE SURFACE 
WITHOUT GOING TO THE PIT 
ITSELF.
BUT DOING THE FIELD WORK ON 
EARTH, YOU ARE ABLE TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BELOW AND
ACTUALLY PERHAPS DEDUCE THE 
VOLCANIC HISTORY.
>> REALLY WONDERFUL.
>> LET'S ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
USING TWITTER HASHTAG ASK NASA.
THAT IS NASA SCIENCE LIVE.
CHRIS ON TWITTER IS ASKING WHAT
BACHELOR QUALIFICATIONS ARE 
THERE REQUIRED FOR INTERNSHIP.
HE WANTS TO JOIN NA
>> YES, NASA TAKES ALL KINDS, 
ENGINEERING, MATH, SCIENCE, BUT
WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN ALL
BACKGROUNDS, ART, BUSINESS, 
COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA, NASA 
REALLY NEEDS ALL TYPES TO MAKE 
OUR MISSION HAPP AND I WOULD 
REALLY JUST SAY FOLLOW YOUR 
PASSION AND GET INVOLVED.
>> I THINK NASA ATTRACTS PEOPLE
ARE JUST INTERESTED IN LEARNING
MORE AND WHETHER IT IS THE 
SCIENCE, ENGINEER, OR 
HUMANITIES, NASA HAS A HISTORY 
OFFICE.
THE PEOPLE PUTTING O THIS SHOW
ARE NASA EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE 
THIS RICH FAMILY FROM DIVERSE 
BACKGROUNDS THAT MAKE NASA A 
UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PLACE TO 
WORK AND WE GET OUTSIDE PEOPLE 
COMING IN AS WELL THAT WE WORK 
WITH AS WELL.
>> I WORK IN THE JOHNS HOPKINS 
AND WE HAVE INTERNS WORKING 
THERE WITH THE COMPUTER AND 
ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE AND 
MATH BACKGROUNDS AND SORTS OF 
OTHER WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
>> LET'S GET BACK TO THE 
SCIENCE, ASKING WOULD THE TUBES
UNDER THE MOON CONTAIN OXYGEN?
>> ON THE MOON, PROBABLY NOT, 
BUT THEY COULD CONTAIN USABLE 
RESOURCES.
THERE IS AUBE OUT IN 
CALIFORNIA WITH THE ICE BURIED 
DEEP BELOW THE SURFACE IN A HOT
DESERT ENVIRONMENT SO IT IS 
POSSIBLE THAT THE TUBES CONTAIN
DOWN THE LINE COULD BE USED AS 
A RESOURCE ONCE WE FIND OUT 
WHAT IS DOWN THERE.
WE HAVE A CLASS ASKING US, 
EARTH SCIENCE LITERATURE CLASS,
ASKING FROM A SIXTH GRADE 
CLASS, IF YOU CAN JUMP HIGH 
ENOUGH ON THE MOON CAN YOU FLY 
INTO SPACE?
>> IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT JUMPING
HIGH, BUT FAST.
THE MOON HAS WEAKER GRAVITY, 
ONE SIXTH THE GRAVITY ON THE 
EARTH.
I SUPPOSE IF JACK HAD THE 
WHEATIES ADD JUMPED HIGH, I 
DON'T KNOW IF JACK COULD HAVE 
JUMPED WHAT IT IS ONE HALF 
KILOMETERS PER SECOND TO LEAVE 
THE GRAVITY OF THE MOON.
IT IS LOOKING, IT IS KANGAROO 
HOPPAROUND THE MO
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND IF YOU CAN
MAKE IT TO THE MOON OR MARS.
YOU WANT TO GET BACK DOWN.
>> THAT WOULD BE AWFULLOATING
OUT THERE.
ARE THERE ANY NEW MOON MISSIONS
BEING PLANNED OR CONSTRUCTED 
ANY TIME SOON?
>> YOU MENTIONED TODAY, WE HAVE
THIS PROGRAM THAT IS COMING UP 
WITH LAUNCHES PERHAPS AS EARLY 
AS THIS YEAR.
THERE WILL BE MIXES -- MISSIONS
TO THE MOON SOON.
I THINK WE ARE AT A NEW 
GENERATION AND LUNAR 
EXPLORATION WITH SMALLER 
MISSIONS BRINGING THE PAYLOADS 
TO TO SURFACE AND ASKING THE 
FOLKS QUESTIONS ON THE LUNAR 
SURFACE.
WE ANTICIPATE A TIME WITH 
BIGGER MISSIONS AND NASA HAS A 
PROCESS FOR PROPOSING THAT.
THAT IS IN THE PIPELINE.
STAY TUNED BECAUSE IT IS 
GETTING BUSY AT THE MOON AND WE
HOPE TO GET COMPANY JOINING US 
AT THE MOON SOON.
>> WE HAVE A TIME FOR A 
QUESTION.
IT IS FROM FACEBOOK.
IS ONE OF THE USES OF MINING 
WATER ON THE MOON TO PROVIDE 
THE FUEL TO PROPEL US TO MARS?
>> YES, THAT SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN DO, BECAUSE EVEN THE 
MOON DOES HAVE A GRAVITY WELL, 
IT IS LESS OF A GRAVITY WELL 
THAN THE EARTH GRAVITY WELL AND
LESS EXPENSE TO PROPEL FROM THE
MOON THAN EARTH.
IF WE WANT TO SEND ANYTHING 
ROBOTIC OR HUMAN SPACE MISSIONS
TO MARS, THEN WE COULD FUEL 
THAT WE GET FROM MOON THAT WE 
MAKE FROM THE WATER THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR 
SUBMITTING THE QUESTIONS.
I WANT SEND YOU MY QUESTIONS.
THE FINAL BIG QUESTION FOR EACH
OF YOU BECAUSE NASA IS GEARING 
UP TO SEND ALL OF THE NEW 
THINGS OUT TO THE MOON, SO WHAT
ARE EACH OF YOU LOOKING FORWARD
TO RESEARCHING OUT THERE, WHAT 
MOON MYSTERIES DOE YOU NEED TO 
KNOW?
>> I WANT TO SEND SOMETHING TO 
THE MAGNETIC FIELD REGION TO 
THE MOON AND UNDERSTAND HOW 
WELL THE WELLS BLOCK THE SOLAR 
WIND AND WHAT H WHEN THE 
WIND IS INTERACTING WITH THE 
SURFACE OF THE MOON AND IF IT 
IS EVEN MAKING WATER.
>> THE MOON HAS A GREAT 
INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND 
HELIOPHYSICS AND GOING TO A 
LOCATION ON THE MOON AND 
DRILLING.
THE DEEPER YOU GO INTO A LUNAR 
SURFACE AND BUSTED UP SOIL AND 
GOING BACK IN TIME AND MAYBE 
UNDERSTANDING THAT 
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS HAPPENING
ON THE SUN FOUR BILLION YEARS 
AND HOW DIFFERENT IT  
TODAY.
>> GOING BACK WE THOUGHT THAT 
THE MOON WAS DEAD.
WE ARE FINDING IT IS A DYNAMIC 
AND RELATIVELY SPEAKING YOUNG 
MAN.
WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF A COUPLE OF
DECADES OF MILLIONS OF YEARS 
AGO AND SEEIN ACTIVE IMPACTS 
ON THE SURFACE, UNDERSTANDING 
THOSE RECENT PATH OF THE LUNAR 
HISTORY, NEVER SOMETHING WE 
THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING WE 
COULD DO IS SOMETHING 
IMPORTANT.
>> EXLEAPT.
WE HAVE TIME FOR A QUESTION.
THAT IS GREAT, BECAUSE WE 
TALKED ABOUT IT AT ONE POINT 
OUR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS COMING 
THROUGH THE INTERNSHIPS, HOW 
DID YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO NASA?
>> SO I STUDIED PHYICS IN 
COLLEGE.
>> FOR ME, I HAD GREAT TEACHERS
WHO PUSHED AND ENCOURAGED ME 
AND MY FATHER WORKED ON APOLLO 
AND I BECAME A GEEOLOGIST AND 
COLLEGE PROFESSOR SAY YOU CAN 
GO GEEOLOGY OF PLANETS.
I WILL DOTHAT.
I DID A SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN 
ARIZONA AND AS THE BEAUTIFUL 
PLACE TO BE AND OPENED THE EYES
TO THE PLANETARY SCIENCE AND 
WHAT THE CAREER MEANS AND PATH 
OF GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL AND 
ENDED UP HERE AT GAD  GODDARD 
AND IT IS A GREAT PATH BECAUSE 
OF THE FAMILY AND AMASZING 
TORS.
>>  I STUDIED FIELD GEEOLOGY 
AND GOING OUT IN THE FIELD FOR 
WORK AND SOLVING THE PUZZLES 
WAS COMPLY FASCINATING TO 
ME.
I THOUGHT BEING ABLE TO DO THIS
ON OTHER PLANETS, ARE YOU 
KIDDING ME, IS THIS A JOB.
I GOT MY PH.D. AND CAME HERE 
AND NEVER LEFT.
>> YOU CAN TAKE ONE TING TO 
THE MOON WITH YOU, WHAT WOULD 
YOU TAKE?
IF YOU COULD GO?
>> I WOULD TAKE A CAMERA AND DO
SELFIES ALL OVER.
>> I WOULD TAKE A ROCK HAMMER 
AND GET AS MANY SAMPLES TO 
BRING BACK AND STUDY ON EARTH.
>> ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY.
>> WE HAVE ONE LAST THING, CAN 
FOOD ON TH MOON?IMALS OR GROW 
>> YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IN
A HABITAT.
YOU KNOW, THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT
IS NOT SUITABLE FOR LIFE, 
ANYTHING EXPOSED TO THE SURFACE
WOULDN'T THRIVE.
IF YOU HAVE ENCLOSED SPACE, THE
LUNAR MODULE SUSTAINED 
ASTRONAUTS.
MAKE IT BIGGER AND BRING A DOG 
AND A CAT.
YOU NEED THE SPACE TO DO IT AND
GROWING IN THERE WOULD BE FUN.
THERE ARE EXPERIMENTS ON THE 
SPACE STATION AND GROWING 
VEG
VEGETABLES.
THE IDEA OF SUSTAINABLE.
YOU HAVE TO GROW SOME OF IT.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN USE THE 
LUNAR SOIL TO GROW THE 
POTATOES.
IF YOU BRING YOUR SOIL AND 
FERTILIZER YOU MAY BE ABLE TO 
DO IT IN YOUR HABITAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR 
PARTICIPATING WITH THIS.
AND I WANT THANK YOU FOR 
PARTICIPATING AND SENDING IN 
YOUESTIONS TO THE ASK NASA 
HASHTAG.
WE'LL ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
THE SCIENTISTS ARE STICKING AND
TO DO IT VIA THE INTERNET.
WE CHOOSE TO DO THIS LIVE TO 
FUEL THE CURIOSITY AND WE THINK
THAT THE ANSWERS AND THE 
QUESTIONS HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
THE UNIVERSE.
IF UCH QUESTIONS, SEND THEM 
ALONG.
NEXT TIME, WE ARE GOING TO TALK
WHAT IT TAKES TO INNER 
STELLAR.
THANK YOU.
SEE YOU ALL
