Short Course Presentations
Michelle Creech-Eakman New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	A Short Primer on Optical Interferometry (.pdf)
Jon Morse Caltech	Lunar opportunities: Artemis and International (.pdf)
Gail Schaefer Georgia State University	An Optical Interferometry Science Briefing (.pdf)
Lori Pigue U.S. Geological Survey	The Lunar Environment: a 30,000' View (.pdf)

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Program:

Talk 1 – "A Short Primer on Optical Interferometry" – Michelle Creech-Eakman, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

• Basic architecture(s) for ground-based long-baseline optical interferometry
• Beam combiners:
  • Visible, NIR, MIR
  • Imaging, astrometry, nulling
• The price of atmospheric turbulence: coherence time, isoplanatic angle

Talk 2 – "Lunar opportunities: Artemis and International" – Jon Morse, Caltech

• Access to: LEO; cis-lunar space, including Gateway; lunar surface
• Robotic CLPS, Artemis flights
  • Costs, playloads, flight rates
• International entrants
• Technology development efforts: infrastructure, ISRU

Talk 3 – "An Optical Interferometry Science Briefing" – Gail Schaefer, Georgia State University

• Stellar surface imaging, binary stars
• Exoplanets & stellar hosts, planet forming disks
• Galactic center, extragalactic targets
• Optical interferometry and the Decadal(s): 2000 to 2030
• Opportunities for milli- to micro-arcsecond spatial resolution

Talk 4 – "The Lunar Environment: a 30,000' View" – Lori Pigue, U.S. Geological Survey

• Formation and composition
• Lunar thermal conditions and thermophysical properties
• Dust properties
• Lighting and the horizon