EM2 in the Pub, part 8: designing a vacuum dome
How do you design a large vacuum vessel to house a moon simulation environment? Matt Shadwell has the answers.
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EM2 in the Pub, part 5: oxygen is weird
Dr Phil is horrified that Earth is shrouded in a corrosive, dangerous chemical called oxygen. It’s unstable and it burns things. But if we lived in a stable unreactive gas atmosphere we wouldn’t be able to get energy to power our life.
EM2 in the Pub, Part 6: Designing a space suit for Mars
Dr Jon Clarke has been working in simulated Mars environments – from the arctic to the desert – to help develop the best technology for humans to wear on Mars.
EM2 in the Pub, Part 3: the geology of the Moon and Mars
EM2 in the Pub, Part 3: The Geology of the Moon and Mars – featuring DUST and Professor Penny King (Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU). This pub night in Canberra brought together a range of experts to discuss the issues associated with colonising the Moon. EM2 is the Earth to Moon to Mars project, …
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EM2 in the Pub, Part 2: Mining on the moon with Dr Brad Tucker
Dr Brad Tucker from the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, gives an overview of some of the resources on the moon, and the countries interested in them.
EM2 in the Pub Part 1: Rod explains the lunar environment experiment
This is the first video of the EM2 Pub Science night, in which Rod explains the project.