Connect with Lunar Science

Delia L. Santiago

at Communicating Astronomy to the PublicTuesday, March 16, 2010

Your Moon:

I work here

My mind lives here

A Vision for Lunar Science:When curiosity & context overlap

Natural Curiosity/Awe Natural Curiosity/Awe

Search for Meaning/Scientific Method

Search for Meaning/Scientific Method

Engagement

in

Science

What engages someone? AWE.

Awe is strongly related to viralty.

“What New York Times articles were forwarded the most?”

Awe

Outline

Our Moon: The NASA Lunar Science Institute

Rich student experiencesPersonal and vibrant content

exchangeCitizen ScienceAn invitation to YOU

What is NLSI?

The NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) is…

A virtual institute: Highly integrated teams connected through advanced communications tools

7 funded US teams, 5 international partners

All things lunar, geared towards the needs of our space program

The NASA Lunar Science Institute

Student Programs

Website developed by high school students to engage the public in lunar science

NLSI Summer Internship programs

Social & Multi Media: Connect

Make science commonplaceBring scientists down to EarthDevelop communityShare perspectives

Engage

Knowledge is developed from people, and people are HUMAN(mostly)

The general public and scientists are all “people”

Social Media

Multimedia

• As it Happened vodcasts

• NLSI podcast series in development

• Informal video clips

• Content distribution central and distributed

• NLSI Virtual Seminar Series

NLSI is a collaborator with the Citizen Science Alliance, from the makers of Galaxy Zoo, which has had hundreds of thousands of participants online.

The next step:

Citizen Science

Citizen ScienceNLSI is a partner in the Moon Zoo project, set

to launch very soon. NLSI involvement:• Science Team expertise and advising• Educational & Outreach Efforts• Closed Beta test NOW (ask me!)

Citizen Science Principles

1) can only be done via human crowd sourcing

2) will contribute to scientific literature3) doable by all (with computer, no

fancy equipment required)

Galaxy Zoo: Participation Motivation

Astronomy

Contribute

Vastness

Public Engagement in Lunar Science

How is it YOUR Moon?

Who gazes through the telescope? YOU.

Who talks with NASA?YOU

Who analyzes data? YOU.

International– Strong EPO We invite collaborators!

Collaboration: We want to share resources, have

broader dissemination of resources

If any of the projects here interest you, let us know!

Stay connected @NLSI on Twitter

An Invitation to collaborate

Thanks: NLSI Team of Communicators

NLSI Team Leads for Education/ Public Outreach (EPO)

Stephanie Shipp

shipp@lpi.usra.edu

Lora Bleacher

Lora.V.Bleacher@nasa.gov

Kerri Beisser

kerri.beisser@jhuapl.edu

Douglas Duncan

dduncan@colorado.edu

Emily CoBabe-Ammann

ecobabe@spaceeducation.org

Cassandra Runyon

runyonc@cofc.edu

Marianne Mader

marianne.mader@gmail.com

Mahesh Anand

m.anand@open.ac.uk

Doris Daou, NLSI Director of Communications and OutreachDoris.Daou-1@nasa.gov

The Entire Moon Zoo Team!

Be bold…The sky’s not the limit!

http://lunarscience.nasa.govDelia.L.Santiago@nasa.gov