P.S. speaking of #LPSC2018 art, @winterhazelly gave me scans of all her courtroom-sketch-style notes, and I linked to them from this blog post, right below the links to James' sketches. www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2...
I would just like to point out that new acting head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, @loriglaze, gave the kickoff talk at the recent #LPSC2018 Venus session and it was called "Never Give Up, Never Surrender"
The final #LPSC2018 guest blog for The Planetary Society: @SriparnaSaha_20 on "What the Moon's craters tell us about Earth's past climate" www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2018/2...
To everyone who got the discount flyer for my book at #LPSC2018, you should be able to use it to get the eBook. If you want the hard copy, email me and I'll put you in touch with a Springer person who'll get you the discount once the hard copy version becomes available.
#LPSC2018: Fungi in the lab, hot springs frozen cold, and exploding lakes www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2...
#LPSC2018: Collaborative notes from conference sessions www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2... with special thanks to @harriet_brettle @SaturnSierra @PlanetaryKiwi and @jtuttlekeane
cc @LPItoday
To anybody who tried to order using the flyers I handed out at #LPSC2018, I apologize! It's not quite available yet. I'll post here when it really truly can be successfully purchased for a discount from Springer. You can definitely preorder from Amazon:...
#LPSC2018: Mars mass wasting in the laboratory www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2018/l...
Thanks @We_Martians for this guest post! Lots more #LPSC2018 goodness to come on The Planetary Society Blog this week!
Sad your feed isn't being taken over by #LPSC2018 anymore? Tune in to the #TNO2018 hashtag, for the Transneptunian Solar System conference happening this week in Coimbra, Portugal http://www2.mps.mpg.de/services/coimbra/
I just crashed the @MarsCuriosity sol 2000 team photo mwahahahaha #LPSC2018
Jancy McPhee and Allan Treiman give out awards for best #LPSC2018 haiku and “STEAM your science” entries
Warning: wonky planetary imaging tweet. If you were worried about the blur on @HiRISE images, here is Alfred McEwen’s explanation of why it is not a big deal. #LPSC2018
Hellooooo from the final #LPSC2018 poster session! It’s like science fair for grownups, where people stand by posters and are ready to tell you all about heir science. Here is @geochemystery with their poster about micro-environments for life and awesome geological fashion.
OK I think my brain is full. Time for a mental health break before the last #LPSC2018 evening poster session.
A squggly-lines talk at the end of a long session has defeated my ability to pay further attention. Sorry, spectroscopists #LPSC2018
Frances Rivera-Hernandez (@francy_pants) uses "Gini index" (a measure of how homogeneous ChemCam measurements are) as a proxy for grain size, demonstrates it works great, observes cool trends and correlations between grain size and changes in chemistry/straigraphy #LPSC2018
Juergen Schieber: Did experimental wind abrasion of mudstones to see how they weather. Was able to experimentally reproduce abrasion morphology from Murray formation. Concludes wind has blown in same direction (uphill to S) in Gale for millennia. #LPSC2018
Katie Stack: Looks back at conglomerates observed during Bradbury traverse, concludes that maybe they are (a) conformably overlying Sheepbed mudstone and (b) the same as Stimson sandstones so concludes Sheepbed & its habitable environment might be *younger* than Murray #LPSC2018
John Grant: Recent @MarsCuriosity CheMin age date of ~2.2 billion years old jarosite made us re-examine geomorphology to look for evidence of young activity on Gale crater alluvial fans, and we found it. [Attitude in the crowd is skeptical, though] #LPSC2018
Good morning from #LPSC2018! Today is a full day of @MarsCuriosity and @MarsRovers results for me, so I'm wearing my Mars skirt.
Look at @barbylon wearing Jack Schmitt on her skirt as she talks shop with the lunar geologist-astronaut at #LPSC2018 moon session.
(Skirt by me, featuring the Apollo 17 Shorty Crater panorama assembled by @Moonpans)
I wish all the session chairs at #LPSC2018 would include the first names of the speakers in their introductions. (Or that speakers would include that information on their slides.)
Hey #LPSC2018, come to Shenandoah at noon for me and @dwbwriter's workshop on "Sharing Science with the News Media"
Oh god how is it only Tuesday night (or I guess all too early Wednesday morning) #LPSC2018
This is going to be incredibly great for me but the geographers are irritated that it’s not a controlled mosaic #LPSC2018
