by Pamela | Mar 8, 2008 | Astronomy, Meetups, News Roundup, Space Craft, Travel
This is going to be another crazy wonderful week on Astronomy Cast Live. Just like we covered the American Astronomical Society meeting last January, this week we will be covering BOTH the launch of STS-123 and the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston,...
by Pamela | Feb 24, 2008 | Astronomy, Meetups, Observing, People, Personal
Want to get involved in taking data? Visiting with researchers? Getting others looking up? Here are some ways: The GLOBE at Night: Starting Monday February 25, the GLOBE at Night program is asking everyone in the world (which would include you) to go out, look...
by Pamela | Jan 9, 2008 | Meetups
It Rocked. I’m sleepy. Here’s a photo. Thank you so much for coming. You guys were wonderful for to meet.
by Pamela | Jan 8, 2008 | Astronomy, Meetups
AAS has started and life is good. Phil, Fraser and I are moving in a happy pack and having great time. It was wonderful finally meeting Fraser face to face (check out the latest Astronomy Cast for pictures of the two of us recording). The real meeting starts about...
by Pamela | Nov 2, 2007 | Astronomy, Meetups, Personal, Travel
1 good dinner + 1 good martini + 1 calmed brain = ready to blog less panicy Dennis di Cicco is giving a talk on the history the building we are all sitting in. This is actually way more exciting than one might expect. Dennis is an editor at Sky & Telescope...
by Pamela | Oct 14, 2007 | Meetups, Personal, Travel
I go to a lot of conferences. Some are good, some are bad, and most are just, well, a generic conference. In addition to the science content presented, I tend to judge conferences by three other criteria: Is it pleasant (are the hotel and conference center places I...
