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Mike Gaffey

PhD (MIT)
  • Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, Space Studies
    • Asteroids meteorite space resources

Contact Info

  • Email: gaffey@aero.UND.edu
  • Office: 701.777.3167
  • Dept: 701.777.2480

Office Address

Clifford Hall Room 518
4149 University Ave Stop 9008
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9008

SPST 200 Introduction to Space Studies

SPST 310 Introduction to Dinosaurs

SPST 460 Life in the Universe

SPST 520 Asteroids, Meteorites, Comets

SPST 521 The Planet Mars

SPSt 527 Extraterrestrial Resources

  • Asteroids
  • Meteorites
  • VNIR Spectroscopy
  • Small Body Mineralogy/Petrology
  • Life in the Universe
  • Planetary Geology
  • Extraterrestrial Resources
  • Impact Hazard & Mitigation

BA 1968 Geology & Astronomy, University of Iowa

MS 1970 Geology, University of Iowa

PhD 1974 Earth & Planetary Science, MIT

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