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Michael Busch Mar 19, 2025

I am now told that this was someone who was supposed to be at #LPSC2025.

Require that our professional associations loudly object to this; planetary scientists.

And may LPI yell at every member of Congress from Texas.

Simeon Schmauß Mar 12, 2025

Quick reminder, tonight at 6:30 p.m. CDT (one hour from now) I will be presenting my virtual #LPSC2025 poster about mars rover photogrammetry and image processing.
You can find the zoom link on my iPoster, or if you comment under this post I'll send it to you via DM.
https://fosstodon.org/@stim3on/114134685252462628

Simeon Schmauß (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image With #LPSC2025 about to start, it's time to share what I've been working on during the last months. This is a new high resolution 3D model of the Mont Mercou outcrop, that I made during my recent internship at LPG Nantes. 🧵 #Mars #NASA #Curiosity #MSL #planetaryscience #photogrammetry

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Daniel Pomarède Mar 12, 2025

The Enigma of Zebra Rock: update from #LPSC2025

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/pdf/2014.pdf

#Mars

📷 https://mastcamz.asu.edu/galleries/daniel-pomarede-3/

#ZebraRock #MastcamZforall #Perseverance #Mars2020 #Astrodon #space #science #photography #rover #PerseveranceRover #rock #FreyaCastle #geology #STEM #Arizona #university #ASU #gallery #planetaryscience

Will Pomerantz Mar 11, 2025

At the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference for the first time in 22 years! What fun that my career has circled back around to Mars. If you want to talk Mars helicopters, stop by Row 19b #lpsc2025

Mark Panning Mar 11, 2025

Huge respect to Kathleen van der Kaaden for the choice of color palette for the NASA events calendar. #LPSC2025

Bluesky

Bluesky Social

Michael Busch Mar 11, 2025

I am reading through some #LPSC2025 abstracts today.

From Planetary Protection:

Moores et al. 2025, "A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Forward Contamination" - https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/pdf/1497.pdf .

Maybe not send astronauts into the permanently shadowed regions; rather than sending robots.

For multiple reasons.

Michael Busch Mar 10, 2025

This is again a reminder that managers do not have to follow illegal executive orders.

QT Nola Taylor Tillman @astrowriter.bsky.social‬
2025 March 10

NASA is part of the executive branch. That means there is NO option to not obey the Executive Orders.
#LPSC2025
https://bsky.app/profile/astrowriter.bsky.social/post/3lk2oi7tyo62m

Nola Taylor Tillman (@astrowriter.bsky.social)

NASA is part of the executive branch. That means there is NO option to not obey the Executive Orders. #LPSC2025

Bluesky Social

Mike Malaska Mar 10, 2025

Menten et al #LPSC2025, shallow subduction of the Europa's ice shell.

Subducted plates on Europa might be descending at really shallow angles, maybe about 5 degrees. They modelled basal heating with different salt concentrations. They found that there might be liquid water lenses within maybe 3 km of Europa's surface!

That might even be detectable with Europa Clipper's REASON radar instrument!

#astrobiology