Browsing all posts in March, 2008.

IYA taking shape

About a year ago I got a random email from Doug Isbell asking me if I’d be interested in being part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). I’d previously heard about this project, but having gotten a good last out of the non-event that was the World Year of Physics, I have to admit [...]

Carnival of Space

It’s that time of week again: Carnival of Space is up and running at The Martian Chronicles.

NASA seeks input on how to recycle space craft

One of the many random listserves I belong to is a NASA list that sends me announcements about new calls for proposals and requests for information.
Last week I received one of these emails and it is actually a request that is really cool, and that isn’t usually true – it’s usually the programs that are [...]

LPSC Audio Files: Dusty NASA Pig Skin

The following interview is from what was by far the funniest poster I’ve ever seen that was legitimate.

Here is a link to her science: Paper

LPSC Audio Files: From Space Academy to Space

While at LPSC I had the delightful experience of randomly stumbling across someone I could have been. There was this young woman – a first year college student who was a sophmore my credits (just like I was) – who was wearing a Space Academy Lanyard (I’m sure I have one in a box somewhere) [...]

Lego Space

Editing audio always takes 10 times as long as I expect. Audio is being edited from the conference, and cool stuff will appear tomorrow if it kills my processor.
This semester I’m teaching science for pre-service elementary and early childhood teachers (translation: students who will one day teach pre-school through third grade). I also have another [...]

Carnival of Space #46

I really can’t believe we’re already on the 40s on this!
This week’s carnival of space is over on Riding with Robots. Enjoy!

To Texas, and Home Again

Let me just say, I’m always looking for a good reason to go to Texas and especially the Houston area. My entire trip last week was wonderful, and the dessert in San Antonio was a special treat. After going to see Lucy Friday, Saturday was spent lazing around San Antonio’s river walk and then attending [...]

Comparitive Planetology

Here are summaries of a few brief stories that combine Earth data and elsewhere data to get neat understandings of other worlds
1) Carrizozo Lava Flow (image: Google): Looking at Mars, we keep finding beautify lava flows that stream across the surface and end in sprawling lobes. Pouring over images of the Earth, we find [...]

It Rained Like Hell on Early Mars, Ted Maxwell

When someone feels comfortable making such a pointed statement in their openning remarks, I just have to quote them and blog them.
In this talk on mars historic river systems, Ted Maxwell presented a visually stunning story rich with labeled MOC images. This is a bloggers dream come true – I can actually find what he [...]