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by Emily Lakdawalla
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Pretty pictures: Gliding flight for SpaceShipTwo
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/05 12:46 CDT | 8 comments
Some beautiful photos of a recent gliding flight test of SpaceShipTwo.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/04 11:37 CDT | 28 comments
I've been to a lot of conferences and seen a lot of talks and it's amazing to me how a bad presentation can get in the way of really exciting science. Here are my recommendations for how to approach a talk, and tips and tricks to make your talk better.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/03 11:14 CDT | 2 comments
Some silly fun to brighten your Wednesday.
Book Review: Cosmochemistry, by Harry McSween and Gary Huss
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/02 01:43 CDT | 1 comments
This very accessible textbook begins at the beginning, explaining how all the things in the solar system were made from star stuff.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/01 02:36 CDT | 2 comments
India's Mars Orbiter Mission has been much in the news in Asian media over the last week as a result of the release of ISRO's Annual Report 2012-2013. Also, ISRO and NASA issued a joint statement from Washington a week ago endorsing interagency cooperation in the space sciences
Curiosity update, sol 227: Some sharpshooting and a dusty deck
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/03/29 10:50 CDT | 4 comments
Curiosity is back to science operations, though the activities are limited in scope by the fact that conjunction is fast approaching. Here's a couple of neat images from sol 227.
Planetary Society Weekly Hangout: Reports from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/03/28 02:00 CDT | 5 comments
On Thursday at noon PDT / 1900 UTC I'll report on some of my favorite findings from LPSC, and answer your questions about the latest planetary science.
LPSC 2013: watery Martian minerals
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/03/28 12:26 CDT | 3 comments
Some interesting results from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference on clay minerals on Mars and what they might mean about ancient water.
An editorial on the LPSC 2013 oral sessions
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/03/28 12:26 CDT | 6 comments
In which I complain just a little bit about talks at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
LPSC 2013: License to Chill (or, the solar system's icy moons)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/03/27 11:52 CDT
Reports from the March 19 session at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference covering eight icy moons in the outer solar system: Ganymede, Europa, Dione, Rhea, Mimas, Tethys, Enceladus, and Miranda.
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