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STS 497 I SPACE COLONIZATION; SPRING 2001


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Be at class 11:15 sharp and ready to go on March 2.
GROUP 3... will email questions to Dr. Robert Zubrin by Noon on
Tuesday Feb 27 (after pasing themn by Cwc)

We will prepare for Dr. Jim Pawelczyk's visit on bio-anatomy affects
of long duration splace flight.


ASSIGNMENTS: given on February 23, 2001

0. From last weeks assignments.
   Purchase Robert Zubrin's book "The Case for Mars".  There is an
   amazon.com link on the schedule page under March 2nd entries.  It
   usually ships within 24 hours.
        Group 1: read and write 1-page synopsis of Chapters 1 & 6
        Group 2: read and write 1-page synopsis of Chapters 2 & 7
        Group 3: read and write 1-page synopsis of Chapters 3 & 8
        Group 4: read and write 1-page synopsis of Chapters 4 & 9
        Group 5: read and write 1-page synopsis of Chapters 5 & 10
   Make 17 copies of each chapter report to be handed out.  Each group
   will give a 6-minute (yes, 6-minute sharp) presentation (with
   audio/visual aids) on each Chapter, in chapter order.  This will
   take an 1 hour if everyone sticks to their time allotment.
   DUE: Mar 2, presentation will begin at 11:15 sharp and go to 12:15.
        (Robert Zubrin video-cons at 12:30)

0. From last weeks assignments.
   Each group formulate 4 questions for the video-con interview with
   Dr. Robert Zubrin (Mar 2).  Email the questions to CWC and Group 3
   by Sunday night (Feb 25).  Group 3 will edit the questions and have
   them available for CWC review by Monday night (Feb 26).  They will
   be emailed to Dr. Zubrin Tuesday (earlyish).
   DUE: Feb 25 (Sunday evening- not late).

1. Read the January 2001 National Geographic Story "Body in Space,
   Surviving the Odyssey", by Michael Long.

2. Read "Weightlessness and the Human Body", by Ronald White (use the
   on-line Scientific American article, that you can link to from the
   Mar 16 entries.  Each Group will write a one-page report on each
   section as follows (be dure to follow the links and study them):
         Group 1: Feeling Gravities Pull
	 Group 2: Space Sniffles
	 Group 3: Form Follows Function
	 Group 4: Heavy breathing, radiation 
         Group 5: Down to Earth
   DUE: Mar 16, papers due at begining of class.  Email plain text
        only verions to cwc prior to class.

3.  Each Group wll read part of the on-line text book "Human
    Physiology in Space", by Barbara Lujan and Ronald White. This can
    be accessed on the March 16 entries next to Pawelczyk.  Each Group
    will pick one of Focus 1-7, but no two groups may choose the same
    Focus.  I will explain in class.  Each group will make a 5 minute
    presenation of the highlights of this focus, including
    audio/visual support.  Cwc will present one as well.
    DUE: These will take place from 11:15 to 12:15 (prior to
         Dr. Pawelzcyk's talk on Mar 16.


origin date : Feb 22, 10:35m

This file may be modifed up until class time on Feb 23.

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