"Lunar Geology: What am I looking at and how did it get there?"
Jenny Rapp
Talk Description
The launch of Artemis 2 refocused attention back on our nearest celestial neighbour. When you look at the Moon, what do you see? Bright white highland, dark volcanic plains, craggy craters, and rugged mountains, but how did it all get there? I’ll take you through a brief history of the Moon, why it’s so important for understanding how planets are formed, and what questions future manned and robotic missions to the Moon will help answer.
Our Speaker
Although currently found running a chemistry lab for an industrial recycling company, in a previous life I studied Geology, specialising in high pressure experiments to research planetary interiors. I spent 6 years working at NASA Johnson Space Centre as a research scientist, using high pressure and high temperature experiments to study how rocks and meteorites from the Moon and Mars were formed.