John S Lewis

SCIENTIST - PROFESSOR - AUTHOR

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Target: Earth

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Yesterday, 14 November 2018, the discovery of a possible large new impact crater on Earth was publicly announced.   The crater, on the nor...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Rusty Schweickart’s Vision

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In the summer of 1968 I received my PhD from the University of California, San Diego, and departed on a cross-country trek with my wife ...
Friday, November 2, 2018

3200 Phaethon-- An Asteroid or not?

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  The Near-Earth Asteroid 3200 Phaethon has -- in addition to being the most frequently misspelled asteroid -- a number of odd traits th...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Global Warming of the Moon: Science Fiction

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We have recently been bombarded by claims that there has been global warming on the Moon caused by the Apollo missions.   This is a quanti...

Publications Relevant to Space Resources By John S. Lewis

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A number of patent claims made recently by a competitor are based on work that I published in the open literature many years ago.   The pa...
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John S Lewis
John S. Lewis is a professor emeritus of planetary science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and is Chief Scientist at Deep Space Industries. His interests in the chemistry and formation of the solar system and the economic development of space have made him a leading proponent of turning potentially hazardous near-Earth objects into lucrative space resources. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Lewis taught space sciences and cosmochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his education at Princeton University, Dartmouth College and the University of California, San Diego, where he studied under Nobel Laureate Harold Urey. An expert on the composition and chemistry of asteroids and comets, Lewis has written such popular science books as "Mining the Sky", "Rain of Iron and Ice", and "Worlds without End".
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