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Mooning away Tuesday
Yes, that was a silly title, but it was a good day filled with Lunar science. (Posting delayed by too much fun recording content). The very first talk I saw this morning was so cool that instead of writing it up, I’m just going to interview the guy who gave the...
Meetup Tonight
Please forward to anyone you know this might impact. There are TWO San Lorenzo's next to the the conference center. One is a Mexican cantina. The other is a taqaria (sp?). We are meeting at the one between McDonald's and Quizno's. See map. If you are in the meeting or...
LPSC: Crater Carancas Event
Posting out of order here. I have a ton of notes on this morning's Moon sessions, but before piecing together pages of lunar science, I want to share something neat: Science results on Crater Carancas. This newest, smallest crater on the planet Earth was formed...
Michael Griffin Redux
The last time I reported on Michael Griffin I was at AAS and he was addressing us (the astronomy community) on the future of astronomy missions (space missions focusing on stuff outside of our solar system). Today he will address the planetary science community (and a...
Other People Reporting at LPSC
If you are on Twitter, GeoSteph is twittering about this meeting. She's actually a planetary scientist (unlike me - I'm just a planetary science fan chick). Check her out (and feel free to add me while you're there - starstryder)
SELENE at the Moon
It's a day of missions. I just left the MESSENGER session to sit in on part of the SELENE mission session. This new craft on the block is a Japanese produced and is returned hi resolution images and movies back to Earth as it systematically acquires topographic maps...
MESSENGER at Mercury (part II)
Two selected talks presented. I’m also going to float to other sessions. Craters Craters Craters – C. Chapman presenting Craters. Double-ringed craters. Craters with lumps in the middle. Craters with smooth basins in the middle. Craters overlapping...
LPSC: A Note on Chairs
I just with a couple of friends in a large auditorium to listen to a presentation on the Caloris Basin on Mercury. There is a chair between each of us. Looking around the room, the standard is to have an empty chair between each person. There are 2 reasons: We all...
Awards and Masursky Lecture: Dr. Robert Pepin
It's 1:30pm Monday and we're settling into our first LPSC plenary session: The Masursky Lecture. Prior to the lecture they are handing out a series of awards, including an early career achievement award that goes to 6 students who have shown outstanding progress in...
MESSENGER at Mercury (part I)
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...