Mike Bramble

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of space robots.

Abstract 2464: Methane from below Radiation from above Altered icy worlds #LPSC2023 @LPSCHaiku

@eamador My ears perked up on that comment too. There goes ~6% of the budget in the near future.

Abstract 2835: Radiation strikes Color centers start to show A salty Ceres #LPSC2022 #LPSCHaiku @LPSCHaiku

There are even numerous sites with land-on capability for a small surface science package. Depending on the landing architecture, ~50 sites can exist with the bulk of the landing ellipse consisting of the salt deposits.

While working on a separate side-project looking into salts on Mars, the thought that the chloride deposits would generate great science objectives and realistic measurement objectives for a low-cost mission grew louder in my mind.

A bit different than my norm, I submitted an abstract to the Low-Cost Science Mission Concepts for Mars Exploration workshop. It's on looking into the martian chloride salt-bearing deposits as a target for a low-cost science mission. hou.usra.edu/meetings/lowco… #LowCostMars2022

We saw about 1 minute of the #DARTMission launch from our backyard! Congrats on your launch and have a pleasant voyage, DART!

@codydschultz Awesome! Congrats!

@_DanOnTheMoon_ I think their website has been down for a month or two now. Have you tried the PDS's interface for the RELAB database? It has been my go-to for the past year or so for grabbing RELAB spectra. pds-speclib.rsl.wustl.edu/search.aspx?ca…

I received peak academic spam today. Either that or I have a self-titled biography out there that I don't know about.

Today I learned Mars Pathfinder had windsocks! Picture from Smith et al., 1997, JGR.

@_DanOnTheMoon_ Touché!

@_DanOnTheMoon_ * Venus's atmosphere has entered the chat *

No #LPSC2021 abstract from me this year, sadly. The two projects I'm focusing on at the moment aren't quite ready for primetime.

@rockorsmth @_DanOnTheMoon_ @loopdlupien Found them!

@codydschultz If I recall, it has been signed out of the library since 2006. So I wouldn't wait for it to be returned! 😄

@codydschultz I have a scan of the first 84 pages of the chapter I'll send you in an email. After 84 pages I lost interest in scanning, haha.

@sixtysymbols There are parts of this video where Professor Moriarty makes me think of Feynman in 'The Pleasure of Finding Things Out'.

Professor Moriarty watches episode 5 of "the goop lab” NEW VIDEO youtu.be/EIyQcGyRXwg

Abstract 2498: Thermal emission At cold, vaccum conditions Bulk metal is key #LPSC2020 #LPSCHaiku @LPSCHaiku

@viviano These are spectra of the winners from Carle's annual Chocolate Cake Cookoff! There was one year (or years) that the winning cake was brought into the lab to be measured. I know there are a few more interesting finds hidden in the RELAB database.

Well, this is a fun find. The RELAB database has chocolate.