LOCATION: Prescott Public Library, Founder’s Suite
SPEAKER: Dr. Bashar Rizk
University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
COMMENTS:
More than ever, unknown unknowns, lessons learned, acceptable risk and doing more with less still govern the planning and operation of space missions in the age of JWST and Space-X. All the same precepts and hard-won lessons hold, but apparently, we’ve all just gotten better at it.
In a presentation suitable for a general audience, Dr. Rizk will present his own results and observations from missions in which he has participated—including Cassini, OSIRIS-REx and Mars Sample Return—that demonstrate the point