★ November 05, 2024 (Tuesday) 10:00 AM (UTC+8)
Speaker: Dr. Dana Hurley ( Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory / APL )
Title: Lunar Volatiles
Abstract
Lunar volatiles are important both as a window into the inventory of volatiles introduced to near-Earth space over time and as a potential resource to support lunar exploration. The understanding of whether ice and other volatiles exist on the Moon has transformed in this first quarter century. I will discuss what evidence exists about the presence of volatiles on the Moon. Further, I will address what these data tell us about the sources, history, and future of lunar volatiles.
Dr. Dana Hurley
Bio
Dr. Dana Hurley received her B.A. in Physics from the Johns Hopkins University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Space Physics and Astronomy from Rice University. She did postdoctoral research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, then became research faculty at the Catholic University of America. Currently, she is supervisor of the Space Science and Instrumentation Branch at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Her research focuses on modeling and data analysis of data related to the lunar exosphere and volatiles on the Moon.
