Howard Seltman's Osher Mars Page

• Week 1: Thursday September 7, 2023 11:00 AM
  • Class Notes Powerpoint     PDF
  • Videos (unedited)
    • Revolution Around the Sun
    • Rotation on Our Axis
    • Seeing Mars
    • Hohmann Transfer Orbit
    • Mariner 4 Launch Movie
    • Mariner 4 NASA Documentary
    • Ellen Stofan
• Week 2: Thursday September 14, 2023 11:00 AM
  • Class Notes Powerpoint     PDF
  • Recommended book: Managing Martians by Donna Shirley
  • Videos (unedited)
    • Viking Documentary
    • Viking 25th Anniversary
    • Pathfinder 20th Anniversary
    • Donna Shirley NBC
    • Donna Shirley Hall of Fame
• Week 3: Thursday September 21, 2023 11:00 AM
  • Class Notes Powerpoint     PDF
  • Videos (unedited)
    • Challenges of Getting to Mars
      • Telecommunications
      • Interplanetary Cruise
      • Aerobraking
    • Mars Odyssey Results
    • JPL Mission to Mars Documentary
    • Choosing a Landing Site
    • Spirit Six Minutes of Terror
    • NASA Spirit's Triumph
    • Opportunity Summary
    • ESA Documentary
    • JPL Phoenix Tribute
    • PBS Phoenix Documentary
• Week 4: Thursday September 28, 2023 11:00 AM
• Class Notes Powerpoint     PDF
• Recommended books:
  The Design and Engineering of Curiosity by Emily Lakdawalla
• Videos (unedited)
  • Lakdawalla on Curiosity: Part 1   Part 2
  • Curiosity EDL
  • Curiosity's Descent
  • Evidence of Habitability
  • Perseverance Live Stream
  • Perseverance Microphones
  • Ingenuity Helicopter Development
  • Ingenuity First Flight
  • Mars Sample Return Simulation
  • Elon Musk 2022