Anthony Colaprete
Principal Investigator
Planetary Systems Branch
NASA Ames Research Center
United States of America
Biography
Anthony Colaprete is the LCROSS principal investigator. Colaprete has worked on a variety of space projects ranging from sounding rocket and space shuttle flights, to micro and small satellites. He obtained his B.A. in Physics from University of Colorado, M.S. and PhD in Astrophysical from Colorado University. Colaprete is internationally recognized for his work on the nature of the martian climate system
Research Interest
Martian climate system
Publications
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Colaprete A, Toon OB. Carbon dioxide clouds in an early dense Martian atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 2003 Apr 1;108(E4).
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Segura TL, Toon OB, Colaprete A, Zahnle K. Environmental effects of large impacts on Mars. Science. 2002 Dec 6;298(5600):1977-80.
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Colaprete A, Schultz P, Heldmann J, Wooden D, Shirley M, Ennico K, Hermalyn B, Marshall W, Ricco A, Elphic RC, Goldstein D. Detection of water in the LCROSS ejecta plume. science. 2010 Oct 22;330(6003):463-8.
