PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 14, Number 41 (October 4, 2020) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Georgiana Kramer Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Elisabeth Adams Email: pen_editor@psi.edu Twitter: @pen2tweets o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] COVID Salary Flexibility Extension for NASA SMD Grants 2. [NASA] Community Announcement: New Frontiers 5 (NF5) Announcement of Opportunity (AO) 3. Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month 4. Farinella Prize 2020 Awarded to Jonathan Fortney and Heather Knutson 5. GRAM Suite Version 1.1 Released 6. New Portals for Bennu and Ryugu 7. Mars: HRSC DTM and Orthoimages of the Syrtis Major Quadrangle 8. Virtual Proposers' Conference for the Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System 9. Expanded Agreement Provides Planet Data to All NASA-Funded Researchers 10. Postdoctoral Research Position at Washington University in St. Louis 11. Call for Papers: Advances in Astronomy, Special Issue on "Mars Climate Evolution, Habitability, Astrobiology, and Resources" 12. Research Fellowships in Space Sciences & Exploration 13. MEPAG Meeting 14. MEPAG Steering Committee Opening for an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility (EDIA) Representative 15. MEPAG Newsletter 16. SBAG Early Career Opportunities 17. [PDS] Aperiodic PDS Data Releases in 2020.09 18. [PDS] Mars InSight Data Release 6 19. [PDS] Odyssey Data Release 73 20. DPS Professional Climate and Culture Subcommittee (PCCS) Seeking New Members 21. The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium - Virtual Fall Meeting 22. #DPS2020 Career Center: Advertise Your Job Openings! 23. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions 24. Planetary Science Journal - New Papers 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 [NASA] COVID SALARY FLEXIBILITY EXTENSION FOR NASA SMD GRANTS Until recently, government-wide rules (e.g., in OMB memo M-20-26) allowed recipients of grants and cooperative agreements the flexibility to pay salaries and benefits of participants who could not work because of COVID-19 (e.g., because they could not get into a necessary facility closed due to COVID-19). Because the government-wide flexibility in OMB memo M-20-26 ended on 9/30/20, NASA has issued Grant Notice 20-02 allowing us, on a case-by-case basis, to extend this flexibility so grantees may continue to pay salaries. NASA's Science Mission Directorate has created a web page to host Grant Notice 20-02, provide information about COVID and grants and, at the bottom of that page, an easy way for grantees to request an extension of the now expired flexibility so PIs may (with approval from their organization) continue to pay salaries of participants who cannot work because of COVID-19. https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/covid-and-awards 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 [NASA] COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW FRONTIERS 5 (NF5) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released a Community Announcement on https://beta.sam.gov/ as Special Notice under Notice ID NNH20ZDA016L concerning its intention to solicit investigations for the New Frontiers 5 (NF5) Announcement of Opportunity. NASA has not approved the issuance of the NF5 Announcement of Opportunity(AO); however, it is time to begin thinking ahead to the release of the draft AO through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/ Release of the complete draft AO for comment in October 2021 (estimate). I encourage the assessment groups to put the draft NF5 AO on their agendas and to invite the NF5 team to discuss and receive feedback publicly again. The NF5 AO point of contact is Curt Niebur, Email: curt.niebur@nasa.gov. Sincerely, Lori S. Glaze, Ph.D. Director, Planetary Science Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546-0001. A copy of the complete email and status updates, e.g., draft major requirements, will be available on NSPIRES posted under Solicitation Number: NNH20ZDA016L. [Edited for length] 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 PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY IMAGE OF THE MONTH The October image of the month is now available at the IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page: http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com This month's topic is "Polygonal Impact Craters on Miranda, Charon, and Dione", contributed by Dr Chloe Beddingfield (The SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center). You can follow IAG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month on Twitter: @PlanetGeomorpho or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetaryGeomorphology 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 FARINELLA PRIZE 2020 AWARDED TO JONATHAN FORTNEY AND HEATHER KNUTSON Prof Jonathan Fortney, an American astrophysicists working at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Prof Heather Knutson, an American astronomer working at the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences of the California Institute of Technology, have been awarded jointly the 2020 Paolo Farinella Prize for their significant contributions in our understanding of the structure, evolution and atmospheric dynamics of giant planets. The award ceremony took place during the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2020 virtual meeting (https://www.epsc2020.eu/). More details can be found at: https://www.europlanet-society.org/epsc2020-farinella-prize-2020-awarded-to-jonathan-fortney-and-heather-knutson/ 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 GRAM SUITE VERSION 1.1 RELEASED The Global Reference Atmospheric Model (GRAM) Suite is an engineering-oriented atmospheric model that estimates mean values and statistical variations of atmospheric properties for planetary destinations. GRAM outputs include atmospheric density, temperature, pressure, winds, and chemical composition along a user-defined path. The GRAMs have been rearchitected from Fortran to a common object-oriented C++ framework. This new architecture creates a common GRAM library of data models and utilities. Version 1.1 of the GRAM Suite contains the rearchitected Neptune-GRAM and Titan-GRAM. GRAM Suite Version 1.1 is now available upon request through the NASA Software Catalog at: https://software.nasa.gov/software/MFS-33888-1 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 NEW PORTALS FOR BENNU AND RYUGU NASA's Solar System Treks Project https://trek.nasa.gov is pleased to announce the release of two additions to its family of online planetary data visualization and analysis portals. Bennu Trek https://trek.nasa.gov/bennu provides visualization and dissemination of mission data from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. This initial release features the PolyCam 5cm Global Mosaic as basemap and uses the PolyCam DEM for representing elevation data. Additional data products include rock abundance and slope maps. In addition to standard global, polar, and 3D projection views, Bennu Trek features a 3D Model view providing optimized visualization of features exhibiting topological overhangs. Two guided tours provide detailed views and descriptions of areas of special interest. Ryugu Trek https://trek.nasa.gov/ryugu provides visualization and dissemination of data from the Hayabusa2 mission. The initial release features the Optical Navigation Camera Telescopic Camera (ONC-T) Global Mosaic as basemap and utilizes the ONC-T DEM for elevation data. Users can access, visualize, analyze, and download numerous individual I/F (or radiance factor) ONC-T frames taken during the 2018-08-01 orbit, during which Hayabusa2 was about 5 km above the surface of Ryugu. [Editerd for length] 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 MARS: HRSC DTM AND ORTHOIMAGES OF THE SYRTIS MAJOR QUADRANGLE The Global Topography and Mosaics Group of the ESA Mars Express HRSC (High- Resolution Stereo Camera) science team has generated the HRSC Mars Chart (HMC-30) products for the MC-13E quadrangle of Mars (Syrtis Major, East). This includes a Digital Terrain Model (DTM, 50 m grid) and ortho-rectified image mosaics (up to 12.5 m/pixel) from bundle-block adjusted HRSC images. The products provide regional context and basemaps for the Mars2020 Perseverance landing site. They are adjusted to the global MOLA dataset and therefore can also be applied as reference data for co-registering other high-resolution datasets. HMC products for other Mars quadrangles are currently available for MC-11E, MC-11W (Oxia Palus), and MC-20E (Sinus Sabaeus). The products are available to the scientific community and the Mars 2020 team to support scientific investigations. Release of the data products through PSA is currently in preparation. The products have been generated by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Freie Universitat Berlin, and Leibniz Universitat Hannover and can be visualized using a mapserver: https://maps.planet.fu-berlin.de Downloads are possible through this mapserver or directly from the HMC-30 website at DLR: http://hrscteam.dlr.de/HMC30 For additional information or questions, please contact Klaus Gwinner: klaus.gwinner@dlr.de 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 VIRTUAL PROPOSERS' CONFERENCE FOR THE USE OF THE NASA PHYSICAL SCIENCES INFORMATICS SYSTEM NASA will hold a virtual proposers' conference to provide an overview of the "Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System - Appendix G" solicitation released on September 15, to give a tutorial of the Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) system, and to answer questions about the proposal process and use the of the PSI. Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at 2 pm Eastern Time WebEx Meeting Website: http://nasaenterprise.webex.com/ Meeting Number: 199 428 6598 Meeting Password: JejT3MSN@37 Teleconference Number to Hear Audio of the Conference: 1-844-467-4685 Teleconference Passcode: 544479# If you want to submit questions about the PSI or the solicitation before the conference, please send your questions to msfc-dl-psi-support@mail.nasa.gov. During the conference, you may send questions to the Conference Host using WebEx Chat (non-voice, similar to sending a text message). There also will be limited time reserved during the conference to ask questions over the teleconference line. For more details, visit the PSI website, or the NSPIRES webpage for Appendix G: https://go.nasa.gov/3hwnN6i [Edited for length] 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 EXPANDED AGREEMENT PROVIDES PLANET DATA TO ALL NASA-FUNDED RESEARCHERS NASA has expanded their subscription with Planet to provide access to Planet imagery to all researchers receiving funding from NASA for their work. Planet acquires near-daily coverage of the entire landmass of the Earth at 3-5 m through its constellation of ~150 Dove satellites, totalling ~15 TB of imagery downlinked every day. Through the agreement with NASA, all NASA-funded researchers can access imagery from the PlanetScope constellation, as well as the RapidEye 6.5 m archive. For more information on this program and instructions on how to gain access, please visit the NASA Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program (CSDAP) website: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/esds/csdap/faq-commercial-data#planet For any university-based researchers interested in Planet data access but not funded by NASA, data access is available through the Planet Education and Research Program. The Basic program provides free access to 5,000 sq km of PlanetScope and RapidEye imagery per month per user. For larger scale access, departmental and campus licenses are also available. If you have any questions about data access through Planet's NASA or Education and Research Programs, contact Dr. Tanya Harrison at tanya.harrison@federal.planet.com. 10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Come join the NASA SSERVI ICE Five-O team at WashU. We are looking to hire a postdoc to research space-weathering effects in extreme conditions on the Moon and volatile-silicate interactions within the regolith. The successful candidate will work closely with scientists in the Physics and Earth and Planetary Sciences Departments at WashU to study Space weathering and volatile-regolith interactions through experiments and electron microscopy. They will also collaborate with the ICE Five-O team to investigate topics related to volatile evolution and regolith development. https://jobs.wustl.edu/ Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate - Physics - 49129 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 CALL FOR PAPERS: ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY, SPECIAL ISSUE ON "MARS CLIMATE EVOLUTION, HABITABILITY, ASTROBIOLOGY, AND RESOURCES" This Special Issue aims to collate original research and review articles with a focus on advancing our global knowledge of the red planet. We particularly welcome submissions that increase our understanding of Mars' atmospheric and morphologic evolution, and water and habitability potential, as well as review articles discussing the current state of the art in these fields. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: Evidence for climatic change from space missions Challenges of sample return from Mars The action of water in Martian rocks as determined from rovers, orbiters, and meteorites Evidence for Martian vulcanism Martian environments and habitability in the past and present Preparation for human Mars exploration and the search for Martian resources Deadline for submission: Jan 29, 2021 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/aa/si/187512/ Series Editor: Javier Martin-Torres Guest Editors: Eriita Jones, Conor Nixon, Josep Trigo-Rodriguez, Sanjay Vijendran 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN SPACE SCIENCES & EXPLORATION https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/science-faculty/research-fellowship ESA's postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme offers young scientists and engineers the possibility to carry out research in a variety of disciplines related to space science, space applications or space technology. Research Fellowships in Space Science & Exploration specifically offer the opportunity to contribute to ESA's endeavour to explore our Solar System and the Universe in the fields of human and robotic exploration, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics and fundamental physics. This year, the Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration is interested in Research Fellows working on various specific projects with brief descriptions under https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/science-faculty/hre Within the Directorate of Science, we are welcoming all proposals for innovative research associated with one or more of our missions. To learn more about the research conducted by the Directorate's scientists, please visit the Science Faculty site https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/science-faculty/home. The appointments are initially for two years, with a third year extension frequently granted. Only citizens of ESA Member States or countries associated with ESA are eligible. Deadline for applications is 29 October 2020. 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13 MEPAG MEETING Members of the Mars community, I cordially invite you to participate in the next virtual meeting (VM10) of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), scheduled on Tuesday, October 20th, 2020, at 1:00 pm-4:00 pm EDT. Agenda items are expected to include updates about recent MEPAG, Mars Exploration Program, and Decadal Survey activities, with an extended discussion on Planetary Protection (PP) developments. Scott Hubbard will provide an overview of recent NASEM Reviews (e.g., Assessment of the Report of NASA's Planetary Protection Independent Review Board) and Lisa Pratt will discuss the formation of the NASEM Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) and other responses to various external reviews. The VM10 agenda and 2nd Information Circular will be shared within the next two weeks on the MEPAG meeting website: http://mepag.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm WebEx connectivity information is below. Join Meeting: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m6f4753d3f4adbd18317e0cf100f1f941 Meeting number (access code): 198 453 6352 Meeting password: MEPAG This meeting is open to all members of the Mars science community including our international colleagues, and I look forward to your participation. 14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14 MEPAG STEERING COMMITTEE OPENING FOR AN EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & ACCESSIBILITY (EDIA) REPRESENTATIVE The Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) is committed to working towards building a more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community. To this end, MEPAG is soliciting an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) representative to serve on the MEPAG Steering Committee. This is a full Steering Committee position. Roles and responsibilities include providing expertise and input to the Committee on its activities; working with the rest of the MEPAG Steering Committee to determine measurable actions the Mars community will take to increase its equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility; tracking progress on EDIA initiatives; and serving as one of two MEPAG representatives on the EDIA Working Group Steering Committee. This member would fully support the purposes and initiatives of MEPAG on the MEPAG website. Like all MEPAG positions, this is a volunteer role. It is expected the time commitment will be ~5 hours per month and the term is expected to last at least 3 years. Interested applicants should send a 1-page CV and a short statement describing commitment to, and experience with, both Mars exploration and EDIA issues, and how you would work towards inclusion and equity within the Mars community to mepag_edia@jpl.nasa.gov by October 14, 2020. 15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15 MEPAG NEWSLETTER The October 2020 edition of the Mars Exploration Science Monthly Newsletter can be found attached and on the web at: http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov. In this newsletter, we continue to update the upcoming conference schedule with postponements, cancellations, and conversions to virtual meetings. We hope everyone remains safe and healthy within these stressful, rapidly evolving, social-isolating times. Please send your Mars community announcements and calendar items for inclusion in the newsletter to Barbara at: Barbara.A.Saltzberg@jpl.nasa.gov The newsletter meeting calendar has been updated to include: Black Physicists (NSBP) Annual Virtual Meeting, Nov. 5-8, 2020, with deadlines before the next newsletter: https://www.nsbp.org/2020-conference/2020-conference-home IEEE Int'l Instrumentation & Measurement Technology, March 6-13, 2021- Has been changed to a Virtual Meeting https://www.aeroconf.org/ 16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16 SBAG EARLY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES The 24th Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) meeting will be virtual on 26-27 January 2021. We have two opportunities at this upcoming SBAG meeting specifically for the early career small body community: Invited early-career speakers: We are planning to select up to two early-career researchers to give invited 15-minute talks (including Q&A). Interested undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, and other early career scientists (within 5 years of terminal degree) should submit a letter and a CV to the SBAG Early Career Secretary, Terik Daly (Terik.Daly@jhuapl.edu), via email by COB (5 pm Eastern time) on 20 November 2020. Further application information can be found on the SBAG website (https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meeetings). Lightning Talks: We will provide time on the agenda for early-career scientists and engineers attending the meeting to introduce themselves and their research to the community. The talks will be 3 minutes each. If you are interested in giving a lightning talk, please email the early-career secretary, Terik Daly (terik.daly@jhuapl.edu), two weeks before the meeting. Attach a single slide, in PDF format, with your name, affiliation, and a figure or two that highlight your research. 17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17 [PDS] APERIODIC PDS DATA RELEASES IN 2020.09 In September 2020, PDS ingested and made available the following data, none of which were regularly released with an ongoing mission: 2020.09.01 Mars Global Surveyor: TES Atmospheric Recalibration 2020.09.18 Rosetta: CONSERT Data 2020.09.21 Magellan: Venus Stereo-Derived Topography 2020.09.21 IUE Asteroid Reflectance Spectra 2020.09.21 OSIRIS-REx Mt. Bigelow Ground Based Bennu Observations 2020.09.29 Rosetta: ROMAP Data 2020.09.29 MER: Pancam IOF Data To access those data: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20200930.shtml To access all data archived in PDS: https://pds.nasa.gov The PDS Team Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 393-7165 18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18 [PDS] MARS INSIGHT DATA RELEASE 6 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 6 of data from the InSight Lander mission to Mars. This release contains raw and calibrated data products covering the time period from April 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020 (sols 478-566). The data are archived at various PDS nodes. SEIS (Seismometer) at the Geosciences Node RAD (Radiometer) at the Geosciences Node RISE (Radio Science) at the Geosciences Node IDA (Instrument Deployment Arm) at the Geosciences Node APSS (Temperature, Wind, and Pressure) at the Atmospheres Node IFG (Insight Fluxgate Magnetometer) at the PPI Node ICC/IDC (Instrument Context Camera / Instrument Deployment Camera) at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node SPICE at the NAIF Node The data may be accessed from: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/insight/ InSight releases occur every three months. The next release is scheduled for January 4, 2021. 19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19 [PDS] ODYSSEY DATA RELEASE 73 The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 73 of data from the Mars Odyssey Orbiter. This release contains raw, calibrated, and derived data products nominally covering the time period January 1, 2020, through March 31, 2020 for the GRS/HEND/NS suite, and December 2, 2019, through March 3, 2020, for THEMIS. GRS/HEND/NS data are archived at the PDS Geosciences Node, THEMIS data at the THEMIS Data Node, and SPICE data at the PDS NAIF Node. The data may be accessed from https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/odyssey/ or https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20201001.shtml Odyssey releases occur every three months. The next release is scheduled for January 4, 2021. To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit the following link: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-Release.shtml All available PDS data may be found at: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/data-search/ For further information, see the PDS Home Page: https://pds.nasa.gov/ The PDS Team Mail to: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 393-7165 20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20 DPS PROFESSIONAL CLIMATE AND CULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE (PCCS) SEEKING NEW MEMBERS Are you interested in making the planetary science community more diverse and inclusive? If so, please contact dpspccs@gmail.com by Oct 30 to volunteer to be part of the DPS Professional Culture and Climate subcommittee (PCCS). A list of our charge, duties, and expectations can be found at: https://dps.aas.org/leadership/climate You also can speak with any current PCCS members (listed at above site) and, in particular, you are welcome to contact Co-Chair Serina Diniega (serina.diniega@jpl.nasa.gov). At the DPS meeting, PCCS efforts will be described a bit at the DPS Members meeting (Oct 28, 1-2pm EDT) and with the PCCS Plenary speaker (Oct 30, 12:45-1:40pm EDT). To express interest in becoming a PCCS member, please send an email to dpspccs@gmail.com by the end of the DPS meeting (Oct 30), including (1) why you are interested, (2) a brief description of any EDIA work you've already done, and (3) a brief statement on what you might hope to accomplish with the PCCS. Comments about past or potential future work by PCCS are also welcomed, as always. 21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21 THE LUNAR SURFACE INNOVATION CONSORTIUM - VIRTUAL FALL MEETING The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Fall Meeting will be held virtually on October 14-15 2020. The keynote speaker will be NASA Administrator, Jim Bridenstine. It will feature additional keynote addresses, working sessions, and technical poster presentations (a preliminary agenda is posted at: http://lsic.jhuapl.edu/Events/docs/agenda.pdf The event will center on the interrelationships between the six LSIC focus areas, especially in the context of surface power. The six LSIC technical focus areas are: Dust Mitigation Excavation & Construction Extreme Access Extreme Environments In Situ Resource Utilization Surface Power Registration is required for participation in breakout sessions: http://lsic.jhuapl.edu/Events/102.php?id=102 The registration deadline Oct 12, 2020, at 11:59 PM EDT. For the poster session, we are taking a two-fold approach: providing posters for asynchronous viewing and comments through our website, and then during the meeting, hosting a virtual poster session through the Gather Town software. Gather runs in a browser, and allows regional mingling, much like a real meeting would. To try to mitigate member stress, we will offer demo sessions and a user guide in advance of the meeting. [Edited for length] 22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22 #DPS2020 CAREER CENTER: ADVERTISE YOUR JOB OPENINGS! At the upcoming DPS meeting (Oct 26-30), we will be hosting a virtual career center with job resources and opportunities to connect job seekers with job listers. Employers, this is a fantastic opportunity to advertise your job openings to lots of job-seeking astronomers, geologists, and space scientists! Please consider listing (for free!) your job openings in the DPS jobs register here: https://dps.aas.org/jobs Questions: contact dps.chair@aas.org https://aas.org/meetings/dps52 23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23-23 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html Oct. 14, 2020 Mapping and Planetary Spatial Data Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT) Community Meeting https://www.lpi.usra.edu/mapsit/meetings/mapsitfall2020/ Virtual [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@psi.edu.] 24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24-24 PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL - NEW PAPERS Editor, Faith Vilas http://psj.aas.org Stellar Occultation by the Resonant Trans-Neptunian Object (523764) 2014 WC510 Reveals a Close Binary TNO Rodrigo Leiva et al. 2020 PSJ 1:48 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abb23d Evaporation from the Lunar Magma Ocean Was Not the Mechanism for Fractionation of the Moon's Moderately Volatile Elements H. Tang and E. D. Young 2020 PSJ 1:49 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abb23c Spatial Variations of Low-mass Negative Ions in Titan's Upper Atmosphere Teodora Mihailescu et al. 2020 PSJ 1:50 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abb1ba Haze Formation in Warm H2-rich Exoplanet Atmospheres Chao He et al. 2020 PSJ 1:51 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abb1a4 The Population of Kilometer-scale Retrograde Jovian Irregular Moons Edward Ashton et al. 2020 PSJ 1:52 http://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abad95 *********************************************************************** * 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.php, or * send a request to pen_editor@psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor@psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor@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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