Viranga Perera

Episodes

1. 15

   Lecture 15: Water on the Moon & Future Exploration (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 15 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I discuss water on the Moon and plans for future human exploration.

   Nov 24, 2019

   10m
2. 14

   Lecture 14: Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 14 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I discuss Jules Verne’s book From the Earth to the Moon (1865).

   Nov 23, 2019

   20m
3. 13

   Lecture 13: Who Owns the Moon? (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 13 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I discuss the question: who owns the Moon? I go through the five United Nations Outer Space Treaties and propose that the concept of international waters...

   Nov 15, 2019

   11m
4. 12

   Lecture 12: The Cold War and the Space Race (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 12 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I conclude discussion of the Cold War and the Space Race as they relate to the Moon.

   Nov 12, 2019

   28m
5. 11

   Lecture 11: The Cold War and the Space Race (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 11 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I continue discussing the Cold War and the Space Race as they relate to the Moon.

   Oct 22, 2019

   14m
6. 10

   Lecture 10: The Cold War and the Space Race (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 10 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I continue discussing the Cold War and the Space Race as they relate to the Moon.

   Oct 20, 2019

   23m
7. 9

   Lecture 9: The Cold War and the Space Race (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 9 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I discuss the Cold War and the Space Race as they relate to the Moon.

   Oct 19, 2019

   13m
8. 8

   Lecture 8: Rocket Science (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 8 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I go into some details about rockets including different types of liquid-fueled rockets, the launch sequence of Apollo missions, and Pogo oscillations.

   Oct 13, 2019

   14m
9. 7

   Lecture 7: Introduction to Rockets (Our Moon Course)

   Lecture 7 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. This lecture is an introduction to rockets with an emphasis on the rockets that took people to the Moon.

   Oct 12, 2019

   16m
10. 6

    Lecture 6: Evolution of the Infant Moon (Our Moon Course)

    Lecture 6 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I discuss how the Moon solidified over time after it formed in a mostly molten state called the Lunar Magma Ocean.

    Oct 11, 2019

    15m
11. 5

    Lecture 5: Formation of the Moon (Our Moon Course)

    Lecture 5 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I discuss various Moon formation models including capture, co-accretion, fission, and the canonical giant impact model, along with several modified giant...

    Oct 11, 2019

    11m
12. 4

    Lecture 4: The Moon and Religion (Our Moon Course)

    Lecture 4 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I make some connections between the Moon and religion. Topics include the Apollo 8 crew reading from the book of Genesis, the Apollo 8 lawsuit, Easter...

    Oct 11, 2019

    19m
13. 3

    Lecture 3: Earthrise with some context (Our Moon Course)

    Lecture 3 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. In this lecture, I try to give some historical context to Apollo 8's famous Earthrise picture by considering events that were taking place at the same time.

    Oct 11, 2019

    19m
14. 2

    Lecture 2: Mythology & Religion (Our Moon Course)

    Lecture 2 of the Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration course, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University. Topic discussed in this lecture include the Jade Rabbit, Chang'e, Kaguya, Chandra, lunar phases and eclipses.

    Oct 11, 2019

    17m
15. 1

    Lecture 1: Introduction to Our Moon

    Introduction to the course Our Moon: From Imagination to Exploration, which I'm teaching this fall at Johns Hopkins University.

    Oct 11, 2019

    11m