Date: June 5th, 2011
Title: Apollo Rocks Give Up More of the Moon’s Secrets
Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson for NLSI and Dr. Katie Joy
Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) –
Links: http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/
Read more on this topic at the NLSI website, “NLSI Team Detects Actual Remnants of Ancient Asteroids on the Moon”
Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. http://benbedford.com/
Description: What slammed into the Moon over 3 billion years ago? Scientists taking a new look at Moon rocks from the Apollo 16 mission have gotten some fresh insights on the Moon’s past. Dr. Katie Joy from the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston tells us about her latest research.
Bio: The NLSI brings together leading lunar scientists from around the world to further NASA lunar science and exploration.
Dr. Katherine Joy is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the LPI-JSC Center for Lunar Science and Exploration. Her research includes the petrology and geochemistry of lunar meteorites and as part of the NLSI effort, she extends these studies to Apollo samples of the lunar regolith and the impact processes they represent. She is also a Co-Investigator of the D-CIXS and C1XS miniaturized X-ray fluorescence instruments that were/are part of the scientific payload on ESA’s SMART-1 and India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar missions.
Nancy Atkinson is a science journalist and is the Senior Editor for Universe Today
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