NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Lisa Gaddis, Eric Eliason, and others at the US Geological Survey, part 2 of 2

1998

Lisa Gaddis, Eric Eliason, and others at the US Geological Survey, talk about the Clementine maps and data. The first 00:02:16 minutes has no audio. Gaddis discusses the creation of the Clementine data as a mosaic of the moon, and talks about what the data shows about the moon. Eliason talks about the composite points in the image and talks about the three years that it took to assemble the data on the maps. Gaddis talks about the color variations on the moon and what causes them, including an explanation of the pyroclastic flows that resulted in the orange soil on the moon. The interview ends with Gaddis's discussion of the potential uses for the Clementine Data by scientists. Final 1:00 of the interview has no audio.

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Series: NOVA
Program: To the Moon
Program Number: 2610
Title: Interview with Lisa Gaddis, Eric Eliason, and others at the US Geological Survey, part 2 of 2
Series Description: NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over.
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: 0:11:06
Asset Type: Raw video
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Moon; American history; Gemini; Astronaut; Apollo; Space
Creators: WGBH Educational Foundation (Producing Organization)
Contributors: Gaddis, Lisa (Interviewee); Eliason, Eric (Interviewee)
Rights Summary: Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation: Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Lisa Gaddis, Eric Eliason, and others at the US Geological Survey, part 2 of 2,” 1998, GBH Archives, accessed December 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E2E9248A12E84A5D9670E2B2E13AF092.; MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Lisa Gaddis, Eric Eliason, and others at the US Geological Survey, part 2 of 2.” 1998. GBH Archives. Web. December 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E2E9248A12E84A5D9670E2B2E13AF092>.; APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Lisa Gaddis, Eric Eliason, and others at the US Geological Survey, part 2 of 2. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E2E9248A12E84A5D9670E2B2E13AF092

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NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Lisa Gaddis, Eric Eliason, and others at the US Geological Survey, part 2 of 2