MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY PREVIEW Georgia Tech

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY PREVIEW Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND Introduction PROJECT ENVOY • Microfossil evidence - 2004 • NASA Project Envoy - managed by JPL: seek E. T. in Solar System • Targets – Mars Red. Lake, 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 Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY Solution Overview • Rationale • Storyboard • Sample Preview • Team Credits Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY Rationale • Awareness of different forms of life • Diversity of human experience • Bridge – Curiosity • Glimpses of Possibilities Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND Storyboard PROJECT ENVOY 1. The world we live in now Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND Storyboard PROJECT ENVOY 2. Diversity of Life Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY Storyboard 3. Who Else is Out There? Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY Storyboard 4. Mars Exploration Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY Storyboard 5. Other Environments Suitable For Life? Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND Storyboard PROJECT ENVOY 6. Guide to More Info – Name recognition for “Envoy” http: //envoy. jpl. nasa. gov Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND Infomercial – Georgia Tech Team PROJECT ENVOY st 1 Draft NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY Infomercial Features Use 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? ? ? Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003

MARS AND BEYOND PROJECT ENVOY Team Credentials Don Changeau Grad Student, School of Public Policy Dominic Rupnarine Ian Sharpe Waqar Zaidi Sophomore, Aerospace Engineering Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering Sophomore, Aerospace Engineering Thilini Rangedera Mitsuyo Tsuda Freshman, Aerospace Engineering Priya Gopalakrishnan Grad Student, Aerospace Engineering Narayanan Komerath Professor, Aerospace Engineering Georgia Tech Team NMB 2003