In a few short hours I'm off to the airport, heading to Utah for Smallsat. Here's hoping my plane doesn't prematurely leave the runway.

Also, Juno launches today, hooray! It's been a year since the JPL Planetary Science Summer School when we did an Io flyby mission study. Safe travels, Juno...

I've finally had some time to organize my thoughts about the JPL Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS). First, mad props to to my advisor for suggesting I apply for this -- it seems mostly geared toward scientists, and I was one of four engineers there, out of 19 attendees.


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Launch is at 11:52pm Eastern time, and will be broadcast on NDTV here: NDTV English stream. Go AISSat-1, go!!

This weekend has been great -- we checked out an agricultural fair in North Stonington, and had our fill of delicious Buttonwood Farm ice cream. Today was a big power-shopping day, and I've gotten in good workouts with my dad at the gym ( Read more... )