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Katelyn Frizzell
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Planetary science PhD student at ASU studying Mercury geochemistry and Mars geomorphology. On the M2020 Mastcam-Z team (downlink). Opinions my own.

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We are assuming this was a planetary scientist traveling to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide
border-pocket-guide-2.pdf
www.eff.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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I've said a few times I don't think Musk is ever going to make it to Mars. It's always been more gut than technical knowledge, but the technical isn't refuting me yet.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-w...
Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning
The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
March 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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A lunar eclipse, viewed from a lunar conference (or at least the conference-designated bar) #LPSC2025
March 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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New post by me for @skyandtelescope.bsky.social : First spacecraft thermal images of Mercury from BepiColombo MERTIS shown at #LPSC2025 skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
First Thermal Images of Mercury from BepiColombo
The European BepiColombo mission made a detailed heat map of a large swath of Mercury's surface during its most recent flyby.
skyandtelescope.org
March 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The Sun, emerging from totality behind the Earth, seen from Blue Ghost's perch on the Moon:

@firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Some of the art I did for the #LPSC2025 art wall!
March 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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What the Keck
March 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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“America is deeply unprofitable” it’s a country not a B2B startup you fucking dweeb
March 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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**This would end space science as we know it.**

I’d probably be out of a job.

Successful ongoing missions would be turned off.

Future missions would be axed.

Some research centers (NASA & non-NASA) would likely dissolve.
There are reports The White House is considering a 50% cut to NASA’s science programs, and 25% of its overall budget, which would be catastrophic for both current and planned missions. But, there is still time for the administration to reconsider. Read our full statement ⬇️
The Planetary Society: reported cuts to NASA would amount to an…
The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued a statement in response to recent reports that the White House…
www.planetary.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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What would Deimos look like to an astronaut in space around Mars? None of Hera's instruments are equivalent to the naked human eye, but here is the science team's first attempt. The 'saddle' between two peaks of Deimos shows up as a shadow
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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🚨BREAKING SPACE NEWS🚀

Hera, ESA's planetary defense spacecraft heading to the asteroid Dimorphos (the one DART smashed into), flew by Mars yesterday for a gravity assist and to test its cameras.

It took images of Mars and the moon Deimos up close.

AND THEY ARE AMAZING 🤩
March 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I'm unfortunately guilty of this 😭
"The model we built is fairly simple"... shows partial differential equation lol
March 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Manifesting good energy at #LPSC2025
March 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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NEW: Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons: 274.

But this splurge of satellites is just one part of the story. What's cooler, imo, is they record a saga of moon-on-moon violence that's been going on for billions of years!

Me, for NatGeo 👇 www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
a poster for the planets shows a planet being destroyed by another planet
ALT: a poster for the planets shows a planet being destroyed by another planet
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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It’s weird watching your scientific field be dismantled in such small detail that it’s hard to explain to the public why the things that are happening matter
March 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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NASA has disbanded its Planetary Science Advisory Committee, together with its other science advisory committees.

NASA will constitute a new, Science Mission Directorate-wide advisory committee going forward.

Up to now, the planetary Assessment/Analysis Groups reported to the PAC.
March 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you missed my posters on Tuesday about modeling Mars mud volcanism or revisiting MESSENGER iron XRS data, feel free to send me an email to ask for a copy of the pdf! #LPSPC2025
March 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The art board from #LPSC2025 has some real bangers. Come check it out!!
March 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Here is my first roster of #PridePlanet #LPSC2025 stickers. V3NUS is locked in - a reprise from last year, but I'm happy to crowdsource alt fonts - and additional bodies/planetary themes if people are interested. Reply or DM.
I do it out of pocket so support for a bigger run is always appreciated.
February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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i'm on bluesky for the scientific community
March 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Friends of Mercury at #LPSC2025, don't forget to join the Mercury community meeting tonight @ 5-6pm in Grogan's Mill room!
March 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Waterway Ballroom 5.

3:30 pm Central.

Possible ancient plate tectonics on Venus.

Be there.

#LPSC2025
March 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM