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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...
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. [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/starstryder/StarStryder-080311-DustCotton.mp3] 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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
Last Day Adventures and What’s to Come
We hit the last day of the meeting and I have something like 20 pages of notes to turn into blog posts. Unlike at astronomy meetings, I can't write the blog post while listening to a lot of the talks. I'm taking notes, poring through imagery, and then googling the...