Three science highlights we’ve been able to do with 500+ days of PACE so far:
1. terrestrial productivity measurements (w spectral reflectance)
2. advanced aerosol identification
3. started the HUGE endeavor of reconstructing clouds in 3D

LET’S GOO PACE 🌎🛰️

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That’s a really helpful analogy, I’ll be using it!

So what about earth and planetary science makes the US so special? These iconic images were made possible by Americans for all humans on earth in the name of science. NASA science is facing a 50% cut in funding and is at risk of losing its role as the leading space science agency. Unfathomable.

A huge privilege and very grateful for it 😊🌔

Truly one of the best. It reflects the best of humanity, imo.

Some Mars fun: Curiosity Cold Brew at the Mars Cafe. Which has gratuitous Mastcam-z landscapes of the Jezero crater rim on the walls—including my favorite outcrop in the entire solar system, Kodiak! The line was too long to try the cold brew but I’ll try it next time 🙂

I saw a version of an old dear friend of mine, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is the 1st NASA mission I worked on and kicked off my NASA career almost a decade ago (😳😅). I was a moon mapper!

Fun fact: the LRO control room at Goddard is now the PACE control room, the mission I work on now.

Iconic pic. A great day on Mars

Outside of the perimeter but what’s your take on Lucky Buns?

The RIFs at NASA began last week but haven’t reach us in the Science Mission Directorate yet. They will soon. Very few words can describe how devastated we already are.

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A mini Curiosity Rover with Henry my office neighbor—a crossover episode I didn’t realize I needed!

mmm lunar eclipse peach (what I thought I saw at first)