by Pamela | Mar 10, 2008 | Personal
I’m spending my morning in a session on Mercury and Messenger’s new results. There is no WiFi in here, so this is all getting posted in one large, time-delayed, lump. There are also no websites being noted so press can go get images, so this is going to be...
by Pamela | Mar 9, 2008 | Personal
Following the small group break-out session, they brought us all together (with coffee… They are doing an great job feeding and liquefying us) so each group could go over their group’s discussion. One of the themes that keeps coming up over and over is the...
by Pamela | Mar 9, 2008 | Astronomy
I’m currently sitting in a group session with grad students, two other professors, and high school teachers discussing how we can sell manned missions to the moon. As educators (formal and informal) we need to consider: who are our audiences, and what are our...
by Pamela | Mar 9, 2008 | Personal
This morning I’m attending an educators workshop at the Lunar and Planetary Institute on “Returning to the Moon.” At 8:45am on a Sunday I find my self in a room packed with formal educators, EPO professionals (that’s my category today), and...
by Pamela | Mar 9, 2008 | Personal
My student Scott is off to see the Space Shuttle Launch (I’m so jealous). He is blogging about it over on Astronomy Cast Live. Please go check out what he has to say and leave him some comments. STS-123 – A Space Geek’s Pilgrimage: Part I STS-123...
