Astronomy on Tap Rhode Island #10

Join us on Wednesday, July 29th, at 6:30 PM at Moniker for an evening of astronomy talks, trivia, and exciting prizes! This month’s featured talk is “Apollo to Artemis II and Beyond: Exploring and Living on the Moon” by Prof. Jim Head

The recent exciting Artemis II mission results build on a foundation established during the Apollo lunar exploration program over a half-century ago, and are part of a longer-term strategy to live “off planet” on the Moon and Mars. Where is humanity heading and why, and how do the exciting Artemis II results fit into this picture?

Speaker bio:

Prof. Jim Head

Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912

Email: james_head@brown.edu

Jim Head earned an undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University (1964) and a PhD from Brown University (1969). From 1968 to 1972, while serving at NASA, he participated in the selection of landing sites for the Apollo Lunar Exploration Program, in training Astronaut crews in geology and surface exploration, in planning and evaluating the package of experiments to be deployed on the Moon, in mission operations in Houston during lunar surface exploration, and in preliminary analysis of the lunar samples returned by the Astronauts. He continues to be involved in training of NASA Astronauts. His research centers on the study of geological processes that form and modify planetary surfaces and has followed up his research on volcanism, tectonism and glaciation with field studies on active volcanoes in Hawaii and at Mt. St. Helens, on volcanic deposits on the seafloor with three deep-sea submersible dives, and during five field seasons in the Antarctic Dry Valleys, and one in the Arctic. He has participated in over 20 US and International space missions, and is currently working on active missions to the Moon, Mars, Mercury and Venus. He has taught planetary geoscience at Brown University since 1973 and has been principal advisor to over 55 Master’s Degree recipients and over 50 PhD recipients.

Arrive on time to test your knowledge with astronomy trivia and win special prizes—don’t miss out!