Scott Horowitz
Scott Horowitz
Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitzis a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions...
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth24 March 1957
CityPhiladelphia, PA
human learn sure
We know for sure that for human exploration to succeed, we're going to have to learn to live off the land.
days four goal people
The goal is four people at up to 7 days a shot.
moon touching
I think aggressively touching the Moon is an understatement.
example future missions
This is going to be an example of how we're going to do a lot of missions in future years at NASA.
earth relate
In my mind, I kind of relate back to here on Earth?going to Antarctica.
attempt buys early human mission moon resources succeed sure touching
I think aggressively touching the moon is an understatement. What this mission buys is an early attempt to know what some of the resources we're going to have ... we know for sure that for human exploration to succeed we're going to have to essentially live off the land.
apollo difference mission moon people program vision
The Apollo program was very goal-driven. Get people to the moon. Get them back safely. Mission done. The big difference with the (new) exploration vision is that the moon is not the goal. The moon is a steppingstone.
architecture determine huge impacts water
If we can determine there's water somewhere, that's a big deal. That has huge impacts on what we do for our architecture for exploration in the future.
collected critical data determine element help human missions program robotic space vision
The Robotic Lunar Exploration Program is a critical element of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. Data collected will help determine where we go, and what we find during our first human missions to the lunar surface.
debate huge hydrogen impact locked water
We know that there's hydrogen there?but there is a huge debate as to what that hydrogen is locked up with. If there is water there, that's a big deal?a huge impact on how we do exploration.
delivering expedition great happy mission orbit space three
We were really happy to take part in delivering Expedition Three to orbit and they're having a great mission right now up there on the space station.
baby bought expects four fully last nobody piece rattle sell spot time work
We bought it on the spot and reordered it four times in the last four months. We sell out every time we get it in. It's unbelievable. Nobody expects a baby rattle to be fully encrusted in crystals. And each piece is a work of art.