NASA | Exploring the Inner Solar System (Part 6/6)

In the final part of Dr. Garvin's lecture he continues discussion for the future of exploring Mars with the upcoming Mars Science Lab/Curiosity Rover, the concepts for a future Mars sample-return mission, and his dreams of one day sending humans to Mars.

(Show Description)
Chief Scientist of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Jim Garvin, takes us on a journey to Mercury, Venus, Earth, the moon, near-Earth objects, and Mars. Why does space matter? Why is exploring the inner solar system so crucial? Where will humans and robots venture to next? In this video lecture, filmed July 14, 2010 in NASA Goddard's HD Science Studio with an audience of summer interns and co-op students, Dr. Garvin discusses NASA's past, present, and future of discovery on our nearest neighbors in the solar system.

This video can also be downloaded in full at:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010618/

To learn more about NASA missions and science, visit our homepage, www.nasa.gov.

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Science & Technology

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• NASA
• Goddard
• Space
• Solar System
• Mars
• Mercury
• Moon
• Venus
• Earth
• Exploration
• Science
• lecture
• education
• jim
• garvin
• rich
• melnick

[hilargiak]

I love you guys,more that You can`t even imagine. I do know that your imaginations is marvelous and impressive. Thank you deeply to gives us what I thougth are just a dreams. The knowledge. The beatiful and encgantings Knowledge.Infinitas gracias NASAexplorer.

[1337BF2]

Why does the sample return mission need "a little fetch rover to go get the thing"? Why not have the lander collect the sample and dump it right into the return rocket.

[KarbineKyle]

THANKS A LOT NASAexplorer! These are AWESOME lectures! Educational, informative, and very interesting! I've always loved astronomy! Dr. Jim Garvin seems like a really cool astrogeologist! He's a dreamer like me, & I dream to see more worlds, or even better, go to them someday, if our technology skyrockets in a short period of time! FASCINATING STUFF!

[TheGreywilczek]

That's why sience education should be free. That's the only way forward - to make progress quicker and to show people how amaizing the universe is. Very interesting video.Thanks a lot.

[rigamortis1066]

@1337BF2 the lander might not have the reach to collect the samples that would be most interesting for planetary scientists. The little rover would increase the reach of the lander and allow scientists to find and then collect important samples at a distance, rather than just whats at the lander's feet. That would be my thought anyway, but its still a maybe mission. Lots of stuff could change before it ever gets off the ground.

[tostrong4you]

great video

[DeeHDTV]

@pootang47

yes this was perfect, i was referring to other videos aimed at 5 year olds. and suggested a separate channel for children / general public lol

[pootang47]

@anmoose i was going to comment, but u said all i wanted to say, thanks =)

[pootang47]

@DeeHDTV i thought he was good!! at least we can understand what he is on about, if he spoke like he wanted to ... it would be too hard for the general public to understand =)

[senoctar]

@1337BF2 The lander looks like it is stationary and probably they will want specific samples, not the rocks the lander happens to land on.

[pepemackenzie]

i think we have to listen dr michio kaku , we are type zero civilisation . we maby be the first but i dont believe that . there was an other star before our's . we have to explore .

[DeeHDTV]

Thanks NASA, this was both educational and entertaining..

We want more of this and less of Professor Creepy talking to me like I'm a 5 year old..