ATI's Planetary Science for Aerospace
Professionals course

Summary: This course provides a comprehensive overview of modern planetary science to professionals in engineering, management and policy fields. The student will receive the basic elements of planetary physics, planetary origins, the content and geography of our planetary system, and a state of the art survey about what is known about extra-solar planetary systems. At every step we will show how these fields relate to existing and planned missions and new ground-based facilities. In our solar system, we will focus on what has been learned through NASA exploration missions ranging from Apollo to Voyager, Viking, Magellan, Galileo, and the Pathfinder/MER Mars landers. The attendee will leave this course with a state-of-the- art overview of modern planetary science, as well as a mastery of the terminology, instrumentation needs, and science goals of this important scientific field. Instructor: Dr. S. Alan Stern is a planetary scientist, writer, NASA spaceflight experiment and mission PI, and the Executive Director of the Space Science and Engineering Division of the Southwest Research Institute. Dr. Stern, a PhD. in astrophysics with an M.S. in Aero Engineering, has over 20 years experience in space science and spaceflight engineering. He has been principal investigator of numerous instruments on NASA and ESA planetary missions, has personally flown experiments aboard numerous high-performance NASA aircraft, and is the author of over 170 technical publications in planetary and astrophysical research. Contact this instructor (please mention course name in the subject line) What You Will Learn: The state-of-the-art details of the architecture of our solar system, from Mercury to Pluto to the Oort Cloud. The various types of planetary atmospheres, interiors, and surfaces. The goals behind and plans for NASA's planetary exploration program n the coming decade. The structure of the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt. Up-to-date concepts of planetary formation. An overview of what is known about extra-solar planetary systems. Focus Sentence Planetary exploration is the core mission of NASA. Aerospace professionals need to know planetary science. Course Outline: The Architecture of Our Solar System The Formation of the Solar System Overview: NASA's Planet Exploration PLans: 2005-2015 Mercury Venus The Moon Special Topic: Lunar Polar Volatiles Near Earth Asteroids: An Overview Mars The NASA Mars Exploration Roadmap The Giant Planets Satellites of the Giant Planets Comets Pluto-Charon The Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud Special Topic: The New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper belt Mission Tuition: Tuition for this course is $940 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation