planetary defense
Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Epsi (SSSB)
Nearing the end of this year’s Europlanet meeting. The program for this day is particularly small-body-related: Keynote lecture SB “Highlights of Hayabusa 2 sample return mission” by Patrick MichelKeynote lecture TP by “An estimate of the impact rate on Mars… Read More »Europlanet. Sci. Congress 2024, Part Epsi (SSSB)
2025A Solicitation: IRTF Time
Days ago, the call went out. The time committee of the Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) opened up for early-2025 (that is, semester A) proposals. That means astronomy groups can now submit their applications for IRTF observing. In case you aren’t… Read More »2025A Solicitation: IRTF Time
No More Paper- More Launch
I want to bring up a new NASA solicitation. No, I don’t want to bring to your attention a solicitation (announcement of opportunity), I want to show just how far the announcement and NASA policies have strayed from outcome-oriented, actionable… Read More »No More Paper- More Launch
Note, Paper: Pla paperS
Forgot PSJ for August, and it was good. In the vol. 5, #8 issue of the Planetary Science Journal: Waller, C. D. Espiritu, R. C. Tinsman, C. et al. Science Product Pipelines and Archive Architecture… p. 177 /ad5959Meyer, A. J.… Read More »Note, Paper: Pla paperS
Note, Paper: Acta Aaaah!
Last month’s Acta Astronautica covered a lot, so this month (vol. 221 Aug 2024) is not so packed: Bailey, B. Cohen, A. N. Lubin, P. et al. Optical and acoustic ground effects simulations from termi… p. 230 .2024.05.002 The research… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta Aaaah!
2024 AMOS Conference
I know, I know, yet another ANOTHER meeting… the Advanced Maui Optical/infrared Summit is one of the premiere telescopic/photonic events in the annual calendar: amostech.com AMOS is good, not just because you go visit Maui, but because the “RSO” (resident… Read More »2024 AMOS Conference
Planetary Defense Conf. 2025 now open
I know, I know, another meeting. But 2025 is an odd-numbered year… it’ll be PDC time again! iaaspace.org/event/9th-iaa-planetary-defense-conference-2025/ This time, it will be in Stellenbosch, South Africa, slightly later than usual – May 5-9, 2005. Southern hemisphere, maybe? In case… Read More »Planetary Defense Conf. 2025 now open
MetSoc 2024 meeting – III. Latter Half
Okay, so SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation is big. And IAU GA is big. The Meteoritical Society‘s 2024 MetSoc meeting is still no lightweight. 6216 AN OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM ORIGIN OF BENNU AS REVEALED BY ITS BULK CHEMICAL AND MAJOR… Read More »MetSoc 2024 meeting – III. Latter Half
Rubin ToO Meeting- Report
Catching up, soooo many meetings. This spring was the Vera Rubin Observatory Targets of Opportunity Workshop. It had been identified and noted years ago that VRO has a survey cadence, to find interesting targets in the sky, catalog them outright,… Read More »Rubin ToO Meeting- Report