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PROJECT ENVOYPREVIEW

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MARS AND BEYOND

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Introduction•Microfossil evidence - 2004

•NASA Project Envoy - managed by JPL: seek E.T. in Solar System

•Targets – Mars RedLake, Titan, Enceladus, Europa, Io, Venus

•Sean O’Keefe: “High-level public interest in central human question - whether life ever arose elsewhere .. human missions possible later”

•Prime support contract for Project Envoy

•Voter support critical for Congressional approval

•60-second Infomercial to win public support for Project Envoy

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Solution Overview

•Rationale

•Storyboard

•Sample Preview

•Team Credits

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Rationale•Awareness of different forms of life

•Diversity of human experience

•Bridge – Curiosity

•Glimpses of Possibilities

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1. The world we live in now

Storyboard

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Storyboard2. Diversity of Life

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Storyboard 3. Who Else is Out There?

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Storyboard4. Mars Exploration

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Storyboard5. Other Environments Suitable For Life?

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6. Guide to More Info – Name recognition for “Envoy”

http://envoy.jpl.nasa.gov

Storyboard

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Infomercial – 1st Draft

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Infomercial FeaturesUse music break to switch from “calm Earth life” scenes to excitement and wonder of Space exploration.

Leave unspecified the forms of life expected, but leave the idea that it can be very diverse indeed!

Theme:

WHO ELSE IS OUT THERE???

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Team CredentialsDon Changeau Grad Student, School of Public Policy

Dominic Rupnarine Sophomore, Aerospace Engineering

Ian Sharpe Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Waqar Zaidi Sophomore, Aerospace Engineering

Thilini Rangedera Freshman, Aerospace Engineering

Mitsuyo Tsuda Freshman, Aerospace Engineering

Priya Gopalakrishnan Grad Student, Aerospace Engineering

Narayanan Komerath Professor, Aerospace Engineering