From swebb at lpi.usra.edu Thu Jan 7 07:40:18 2021 From: swebb at lpi.usra.edu (Webb, Sha'Rell) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 13:40:18 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting this Friday - ONLINE Message-ID: Greetings JSCAS Members - We will be having our January meeting this Friday, 1/8, at 7:30 online on the JSCAS YouTube channel which can be accessed at this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg Here is the agenda for this month's meeting: ?Update: C.L.E.V.E.R. Planets Project - Dr. Andrea Isella, Rice University ?Member's Minute - Conjunction Images - Chris Wells & Treavor Quinn ?Member's Minute - M1 Project - Doug Holland ?Star Party News - David Haviland Our Main Presentation Dr. Andrea Isella of Rice University will present a talk "C.L.E.V.E.R Planets Project, an Update". You can learn more about him and his research here: http://planetformation.rice.edu/ The talk include what it takes to make a life-bearing planet: 1) Form the planet 2) Bombard the planet with a source of water 3) Geology releases life-giving elements 4) Life-giving elements are redistributed 5) Life-giving elements recombine and life arises Each of these has a research group. Dr. Isella's group studies step #1: Where, when, and how do rocky planets form? What is their abundance of ingredients necessary for life? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swebb at lpi.usra.edu Fri Jan 8 07:23:00 2021 From: swebb at lpi.usra.edu (Webb, Sha'Rell) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 13:23:00 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting TODAY - ONLINE Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting - ONLINE The January meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, tonight, January 8th, at 7:30 pm, on YouTube which can be accessed at this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg Dr. Andrea Isella of Rice University will present a talk C.L.E.V.E.R Planets Project, an Update. (You can learn more about him and his research here: http://planetformation.rice.edu/ ) The talk include what it takes to make a life-bearing planet: 1) Form the planet 2) Bombard the planet with a source of water 3) Geology releases life-giving elements 4) Life-giving elements are redistributed 5) Life-giving elements recombine and life arises. Each of these has a research group. Dr. Isella's group Studies Step #1: Where, when, and how do rocky planets form? What is their abundance of ingredients necessary for life? The agenda for this month's meeting: Update: C.L.E.V.E.R. Planets Project - Dr. Andrea Isella, Rice University Member's Minute - Conjunction Images - Chris Wells & Treavor Quinn Member's Minute - M1 Project - Doug Holland Star Party News - David Haviland To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you'll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100's of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) For more info, s Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library: Please hold your borrowed DVDs until the next meeting held at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swebb at lpi.usra.edu Wed May 12 17:10:32 2021 From: swebb at lpi.usra.edu (Webb, Sha'Rell) Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 22:10:32 +0000 Subject: [Cosmic-Explorations] =?windows-1252?q?Johnson_Space_Center_Astro?= =?windows-1252?q?nomical_Society_Meeting_=96_ONLINE=2C_THIS_FRIDAY?= Message-ID: Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting ? ONLINE The May meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, May 14th, at 7:30 pm, on YouTube which can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/c/JSCAstronomicalSociety/ Join NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador volunteers Leonard Ferguson and Annie Wargetz who will discuss ?The Challenges of Mars: A Long Series of Circumstances.? Ferguson is an active amateur astronomer and a longtime volunteer at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's George Observatory. Wargetz studied mission and spacecraft design as well as life support systems. Her masters thesis looked at the psychological challenges humans may face during long duration space missions. Join us as we explore the Red Planet! Also on the agenda for this month's meeting: Member?s Minutes To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you?ll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100?s of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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ONLINE The June meeting of the JSCAS will be held ONLINE, this Friday, June 11th, at 7:30 pm, on YouTube which can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/c/JSCAstronomicalSociety/ This month?s speakers will be the TelOmG team from the University of Toronto who will discuss The Effect of Changes In Gravity On the Genetic Regulation of Human Telomeres. This team of undergraduate, graduate, and high school students has been selected to participate in the Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge to take their research to new heights. Inspired by NASA's Twins Study, they aim to both further the understanding of how spaceflight impacts the human body and improve human health on Earth. This is sure to be a fascinating presentation from these young scientists and engineers! Also on the agenda for this month's meeting: Member?s Minutes / DIY Astronomy To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: jscaslive at gmail.com Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page: http://www.jscas.net JSCAS is open to anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is FREE! (It's the best offer money can't buy!) After joining, you?ll have access to our amazing Astronomy DVD Library with 100?s of choices to learn from (from Astronomy Magazine, NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of The Lunar & Planetary Institute. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka USRA Bldg.) 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