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Mars Education Student Data Teams or MESDT, created and funded through NASA's Mars Public Engagement program at JPL, is run by Arizona State University's Mars Education Program. The CRISM/MESDT program operates with support from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and the CRISM science team. The MESDT program is open to teams of students across the country, high school through college.
The program is conducted via distance learning technologies. Sessions are moderated by the MESDT Program Manager at ASU, and the instrument and science lessons are taught by CRISM science team mentors via web conferencing systems.
Under mentor guidance, MESDT students have the opportunity to join the science team in the analysis of data from the CRISM instrument. They examine data sets, sometimes never before seen, searching for clues in the mineral fingerprints to the mysteries of the Red Planet’s ancient and possibly watery environment.
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| MESDT Students from Livonia High School in Livonia, New York, busy analyzing CRISM data, 2008. |
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| Durham Academy students in Durham NC, receive a special visit from their CRISM mentors, 2008 |
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