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SELENE at the Moon

by | Mar 10, 2008 | Astronomy, Space Craft

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...

MESSENGER at Mercury (part II)

by | Mar 10, 2008 | Astronomy, Planets

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...

Awards and Masursky Lecture: Dr. Robert Pepin

by | Mar 10, 2008 | Planets

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...

LPSC: A discussion of why? (Moon…)

by | 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...

Getting to LPSC

by | Mar 9, 2008 | Astronomy, Meetups, Travel

Part of the reason I’m able to attend the LPSC meeting in Houston is its convenient location in time. Its mid-March date span landed exactly on my Spring Break. For some reason, however, this knowledge hadn’t triggered a flag in my brain to warn me that it...