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NITARP Day 3: Return to JPL, Wien’s Law, and Griffith Observatory

Posted on October 15, 2015 by

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, our second day at the NITARP workshop at Caltech, we accomplished three major things. First, we traveled to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a tour. Second, we began to wrap our brains around the calculations … Continue reading →

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Riding Curiosity Down to Mars

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

The following are my notes from the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars as it happened. You know by now how it all ended. But I hope I’ve captured my feelings and impressions as Curiosity came down; I hope you’ll … Continue reading →

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Mojave Field Research: Lessons Learned

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

As of the last post, I had just arrived at the CSU Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx Road in the Mojave Desert, ready to begin our week-long study of biological soil crusts as an analog for possible Mars or other … Continue reading →

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