PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Number 42 (August 30, 2008) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Matt Balme Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Nic Richmond Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. Icarus: New Manuscript Submission Procedure 2. New Resource Guide on Women in Astronomy at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Website 3. Fall AGU Union Session on Comparative Climate Studies of Earth, Venus and Mars 4. Fall AGU Session P16: Comparison of Basaltic Volcanism on Mars and the Earth 5. "Europa Lander: Science Goals and Experiments" First Announcement: International Workshop 6. Reminder: HiRISE Special Issue of Icarus 7. Job Opportunity: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Planetary Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz 8. Drilling Systems for Extraterrestrial Subsurface Exploration 9. Inaugural Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) Meeting 10. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions o---------------------------------------------------------------------o 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 ICARUS: NEW MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE As of 1 August 2008, new manuscript submissions to Icarus are being processed through the online Elsevier Editorial System. Authors wishing to submit new manuscripts will now need to do so through the Icarus web page on the Elsevier Editorial System at http://ees.elsevier.com/icarus/default.asp Please note that we will only be accepting new (not revised) submissions and their subsequent revisions on the new Elsevier Editorial System. All manuscripts that are currently in progress (submitted prior to 1 August 2008) will continue to be processed and handled via the "old" Cornell-based Icarus submission system (http://icarus.cornell.edu/) Those authors who are working on revisions to manuscripts submitted prior to 1 August 2008, but who have not yet submitted a revised manuscript, should do so using the "old" system before 31 October 2008. This is so that the editorial processing of those manuscripts can be completed before the Editorial Office moves toward retiring the "old" Cornell-based server. We ask for your patience and understanding as we transition to and learn the new Elsevier Editorial System, and as we maintain two separate manuscript submission programs for the next several months during this transitional period. Icarus Editorial Office and Editorial Staff 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 NEW RESOURCE GUIDE ON WOMEN IN ASTRONOMY AT THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC WEBSITE An updated, expanded resource guide to the role women have played and are playing in the development of astronomy is now available on the web-site of the non-profit Astronomical Society of the Pacific: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib.html The guide includes both printed and web-based materials, and has general references on the topic plus specific references to the work and lives of 32 women astronomers of the past and present. All the materials are at the non-technical level and thus appropriate for student papers, curriculum development, or personal enrichment. The guide makes reference to 178 different web resources, as well as books and articles that are either in print or found in many larger libraries. This resource guide is part of a series that can be found on the Society's web-site, on such topics as the astronomy of many cultures, debunking astronomical pseudo-science, and resources for astronomy education. Andrew Fraknoi, Chair, Astronomy Program, Foothill College 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 FALL AGU UNION SESSION ON COMPARATIVE CLIMATE STUDIES OF EARTH, VENUS AND MARS Please consider submitting an abstract to the Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco: Union Session U11: Comparative Climate Studies of Earth, Venus and Mars Conveners: David Grinspoon, Brian Toon and Janet Luhmann Abstract deadline: September 10 Venus and Mars are Earth's nearest planetary neighbors and provide the closest analogs for many important climate processes. Venus, with its runaway greenhouse atmosphere and Mars, with its record of orbitally driven climate cycles, represent extreme examples of nonlinear climate evolution. What challenges are encountered, and insights gained, in adapting terrestrial climate and circulation models to Mars and Venus? What lessons do the divergent climate histories of these three planets hold for Earth's long term evolution? Motivated by recent advances in modeling of Earth's climate system, along with relevant new data sets from several recent Mars missions and the Venus Express spacecraft, this session will cover comparative studies of the climates, and climate-related processes, on these three planets. Suggested topics include: atmospheric dynamics; radiative balance; solar cycle responses; cloud microphysics, structure and radiative forcings; volcano-climate interactions, polar processes and feedbacks between any of the above phenomena. http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/ 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 FALL AGU SESSION P16: COMPARISON OF BASALTIC VOLCANISM ON MARS AND THE EARTH The Earth and Mars both display evidence of extensive basaltic volcanism throughout their geologic history in the form of large shield volcanoes, fields of smaller monogenetic vent fields, and extensive plains of overlapping, thick lava deposits. Often the morphologies are similar, thereby enabling inferences to be drawn about both planets' history of basalt generation, ascension, and eruption. The purpose of this proposed session is to present a comparison of basaltic features on the Earth and Mars as a basis for characterizing and contrasting their styles of basaltic volcanism. See URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show =detail&sessid=596 Robert Lillis, UC Berkeley space sciences laboratory [Editor's note: the URL cited continues over two lines] 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 "EUROPA LANDER: SCIENCE GOALS AND EXPERIMENTS" FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 9-13 February 2009, Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia http://www.iki.rssi.ru/conf/2009elw The Europa lander workshop will be hosted by the Space Research Institute (IKI) of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia, from 9 to 13 February 2009. The workshop will last 5 days including the days of arrival/departure (and some sightseeing events) and consists of several sessions dedicated to the scientific goals and logistics of the project, key issues of Europa science with the special emphasis on astrobiology, and discussions of the requirements for scientific instruments. We kindly ask all colleagues interested in participation of Europa Lander workshop to preregister preliminarily before September 25 2008, at the meeting website. 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 REMINDER: HIRISE SPECIAL ISSUE OF ICARUS The deadline for submission of manuscripts to the special MRO HiRISE issue of Icarus is October 20, 2008. Online publication is planned for spring 2009 and print publication in fall 2009. We especially encourage contributions from outside of the HiRISE team. NOTE: Icarus has a new online submission system. Information regarding submission of manuscripts to Icarus may be found at: http://ees.elsevier.com/icarus/default.asp Questions and indication of interest regarding contributions to the HiRISE special issue should be addressed to the guest editors, Laz Keszthelyi and Ken Herkenhoff: laz@usgs.gov kherkenhoff@usgs.gov 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 JOB OPPORTUNITY: TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN PLANETARY SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has an opening for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Planetary Sciences. Application deadline is 1st November 2008; please refer to position #410-09 in all correspondence. For more information, please contact Judy Van Leuven (eps08@ucsc.edu) or refer to http://www.es.ucsc.edu/about/jobs/410-09.pdf UCSC is an AA/EEO Employer. 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 DRILLING SYSTEMS FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION Increasingly, in-situ exploration missions include acquisition and analysis of planetary samples. The lessons learned from the Phoenix and MSL highlighted the challenges to sampling and necessitated making significant compromises. The heritage and the under development drilling technology are the subject of an extensive review article that was published in the August issue of the J. of Astrobiology, co-authored by Zacny et al. The article can be downloaded from http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/ast.2007.0179 (requires subscription). Yoseph Bar-Cohen, JPL, http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 INAUGURAL SMALL BODIES ASSESSMENT GROUP (SBAG) MEETING The Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will meet September 23-24, 2008, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas. There will be a review of the general status and future plans for programs supporting small bodies research at NASA, the International Primitive Body Exploration Working Group (IPEWG), and current and planned missions to small bodies. Work will begin on a white paper on the direction of small bodies exploration for the next decade. There will be break-out sessions to consider specific topics for this planning document. Anyone interested in small bodies science is invited to participate. There is no fee, but registration is required. Deadline for registration is September 15, 2008. Go to http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/sbag2008/reg/ For further information about SBAG, go to http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/ 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS February 9 - 13, 2009 Europa Lander: Science Goals and Experiments, International Workshop http://www.iki.rssi.ru/conf/2009elw Moscow, Russia April 27 - May 1, 2009 Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy: Dynamics, Reference Frames, and Data Analysis http://www.aas.org/divisions/meetings/iau/ Virginia Beach, VA [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** * * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at * * http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html * * To unsubscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_unsubscribe.html * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. 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