PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER 
Volume 4, Number 17 (April 25, 2010)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Mark V. Sykes
Co-Editors: Melissa Lane, Nic Richmond
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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1. Second Announcement - LunGradCon 2010
2. New "Discoveries in Planetary Science" Classroom Powerpoints 
   Available
3. 238Pu: Write to Your Representatives and Senators
4. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT - LUNGRADCON 2010
 
The first-ever Lunar Graduate Conference (LunGradCon 2010) will be held 
on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC). In 
conjunction with the NASA Lunar Science Forum at ARC, LunGradCon will 
provide an opportunity for grad students and early-career postdocs to 
present their research on lunar science in a friendly environment among 
their peers. In addition to oral presentations, opportunities for 
networking with fellow grad students and postdocs, as well as senior 
members of the NASA Lunar Science Institute, will be provided. A 
limited amount of funding will be provided for travel and lodging 
costs.
 
For more details and to register, please visit:
 
http://lasp.colorado.edu/ccldas/lgc2010
 
or email any questions to: lungradcon@gmail.com. Registration deadline 
is May 30, 2010.


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NEW "DISCOVERIES IN PLANETARY SCIENCE" CLASSROOM POWERPOINTS AVAILABLE

The DPS Education Subcommittee announces the 3rd release of
"Discoveries in Planetary Science" Classroom Powerpoints, covering
five new topics:

- Venus' Active Volcanism
- Martian Glaciers
- Titan Lakes
- Explaining Iapetus
- Waterworld at 40 Lightyears?

These are succinct summaries of discoveries too recent to appear in
"Intro Astronomy" college textbooks; each set consists of just three
slides to be shown: the discovery itself, a basic explanation based on
good planetary science, and the "big picture" context. Another page for 
further information is provided as well. Powerpoints and PDF's can be 
downloaded from http://dps.aas.org/education/dpsdisc.

Feedback from the community on how these slide sets are used and
received is welcomed, and will be used to improve future releases. 
Planetary scientists with recent or upcoming results of broad interest 
are encouraged to submit them for consideration by providing an initial 
draft using the template provided on the website. For more information, 
contact Nick Schneider & Dave Brain at dpsdisc@aas.org


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238PU: WRITE TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS

A reminder to write to your representatives in Washington to encourage
them to provide funding for the re-start of Plutonium-238 production,
if you have not already done so.

See 

http://dps.aas.org/public_policy/docs/Pu-issue-letter


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

September 22-24, 2010
1st Planetary Crater Consortium Meeting
http://www.planetarycraterconsortium.nau.edu/
Flagstaff, AZ


[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.]

 
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