NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of a roundtable conversation among lunar scientists, part 2 of 2

1998

Footage of a Monterey Conference of geologists and scientists. Footage includes conversations at a dinnertime poster session.

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Series: NOVA
Program: To the Moon
Program Number: 2610
Title: Footage of a roundtable conversation among lunar scientists, part 2 of 2
Series Description: Footage of a roundtable conversation among lunar scientists on various theories of the moon. The discussion includes a conversation on the moon as the Rosetta Stone to understanding the solar system, a conversation on the future of space exploration and the need to colonize other planets, and a conversation on what happens after mankind reaches Mars.
Program Description: Alan Binder, former Principal Investigator of NASA's Lunar Prospector mission, is interviewed about the Lunar Prospector. Binder says that if moon travel became viable again, he would want to go to the moon, but says that in order to get financial and public support for space exploration, scientists need to sell the science of the moon. Another option, according to Binder, is to make travel to the moon commercially viable, and lists many benefits of going to the moon, including using it as a fuel source, or colonizing the surface for human habitation (audio cuts out from 00:07:30 - 00:09:00). Binder explains the work of the Lunar Prospector and talks about the necessity of having computers to do a lot of the work. On Apollo, Binder calls the program the most significant event of the 21st century, and talks about the roles of the Apollo program, the Clementine spacecraft, and hte Lunar Prospector. The interview ends with Binder's views on his relationship with NASA, which he characterizes as being needlessly bound up in beaurocracy and red tape.
Duration: 0:11:32
Asset Type: Raw video
Media Type: Video
Subjects: American history; Gemini; Astronaut; Apollo; Moon; Space
Creators: WGBH Educational Foundation (Producing Organization)
Contributors: Wilhelms, Donald, 1930- (Speaker); Canup, Robin M., 1968- (Speaker); Drake, Michael J., 1946-2011 (Speaker)
Rights Summary: Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation: Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of a roundtable conversation among lunar scientists, part 2 of 2,” 1998, GBH Archives, accessed April 19, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8FC8DF648BE1468E8FAE3028106A6027.; MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of a roundtable conversation among lunar scientists, part 2 of 2.” 1998. GBH Archives. Web. April 19, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8FC8DF648BE1468E8FAE3028106A6027>.; APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of a roundtable conversation among lunar scientists, part 2 of 2. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8FC8DF648BE1468E8FAE3028106A6027

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NOVA; To the Moon; Footage of a roundtable conversation among lunar scientists, part 2 of 2