Planetary Climate Exercise: Carbon Dioxide Cycle You are biologists, and your special field of expertise is carbon dioxide (CO2). ... Secondly, visible light radiation from the Sun will be constantly hitting the spacecraft, and the energy from this solar radiation (which is in the form of visible light) will be absorbed by the object. ... Infra-red Blockers: A variety of molecular gasses, including water vapor, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide, block infra-red radiation but not visible light radiation. ...
. Butler: Today is November 15, 2001. This oral history with Dr. Laurel Wilkening is being conducted as part of NASA Headquarters? history project, the Herstory Project. Carol Butler is the interviewer, and the session is being held in Dr. Wilkening?s home in Elgin, Arizona. Thank you very much for talking with me and having me out to your home today. Wilkening: I?m pleased to be here with you, and I?m glad you could find it. [Laughter] . Butler: Yes. Not a problem at all there. Wilkening: Good. Butler: Not