The Big Ten Network's "Impact the World" program will provide coverage of Dr. Anderson's rocket project with NASA Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. EST and again at 10 p.m. ET Jan. 26, at 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 28 and at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 29. This project is aimed at developing a liquid oxygen/methane rocket for potential lunar lander missions.

Purdue is renowned as the “Cradle of Astronauts,” with more than one in three human space flights having a graduate on board and boasting an astonishing 22 astronaut alumni. That’s a good reason why NASA has brought to Purdue Project Morpheus, whose mission is to one day send a lunar lander equipped with robots, a rover and a small lab to the moon to do research. Purdue aerospace engineering students are building an engine – a rocket thrust chamber – to land Morpheus on the moon’s surface. The students already have spent a year and a half designing and analyzing their engine and now are building the prototype.  They hope to begin testing in May.

The short introduction from the BTN can be found at the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbSAN_vznZs&list=UU4LeRw7pIZ_kseS4Krn_DQA&index=12&feature=plcp