References & Resources:
NASA Psyche Science page: [ Ссылка ]
NASA Psyche Team page: [ Ссылка ]
NASA Mission Info page (Discovery vs New Frontiers vs Flagship): [ Ссылка ]
JPL Psyche Science page: [ Ссылка ]
NASA Psyche Thrusters article: [ Ссылка ]
Williams et al., 2018 (Geologic Map of Ceres): [ Ссылка ]
Shepard et al., 2021 (Albedo of Psyche): [ Ссылка ]
Cambioni et al., 2022 (Surface heterogeneity of Psyche): [ Ссылка ]
NASA’s Live view of Psyche at: [ Ссылка ]
Check out my other interview about Pulverizing Asteroids on GSA's geosociety channel: [ Ссылка ]
Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Topic & Interviewee
3:09 What is the Psyche Mission & Why Are We Doing it?
4:21 GSA Connects 2024 Meeting & Presentation
4:53 Why do we want to visit a ball of metal?
5:56 A Window into Earth’s Core!
6:18 Differentiation & Core Hypothesis
9:23 How Psyche lost its surface layers
10:03 When did Psyche lose its surface layers?
11:37 Science Goals & Objectives of Psyche Mission
13:48 Objective #1
14:44 Instruments on Psyche
16:02 Can we date the rocks on Psyche?
17:32 Objective #2
19:25 How Big is Psyche?
20:25 Objective #3
22:20 Objective #4
24:43 Objective #5
27:18 Mining on Psyche?
30:07 Why an Orbiter instead of Flyby or Lander?
31:49 How far along is the mission?
33:34 How to get started in Space Exploration!
35:18 Check out my Pulverizing Asteroids Interview!
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