Annual Review of Earth and
Planetary Sciences; Volume 47, 2019
"Plate tectonics set up the conditions for life," said Nick Dygert, assistant professor of petrology and geochemistry in UT's Department of Earth and
Planetary Sciences and coauthor of the study.
NASA
Planetary Science Division director Jim Green stated that a powerful magnetic bipole placed at Mars' L1 Lagrange Point could deflect solar winds.
Even if the next president renews a national commitment to
planetary science, much of the human infrastructure for future missions will have to be rebuilt.
"This orbital milestone is an opportunity to celebrate Odyssey's many achievements," said Jim Green, NASA's director of
Planetary Science. "Odyssey will continue to help lay a foundation for the first humans to Mars in the 2030s through NASA's Journey to Mars initiative."
''The solar system is now looking like a pretty soggy place,'' said Jim Green, director of
planetary science at NASA headquarters.
The following is an excerpt from
Planetary Science, by Emily Adelsohn Corngold, which was published today on Tablet.
Planetary science professor Sara Seager said: "In the near future, people will point to a star and say, 'That star has a planet like Earth'." Since 2009 the Kepler telescope has found billions of planets in our galaxy.
The research will be published in the March issue of the journal Earth and
Planetary Science Letters.
New York (AirGuide - Airline & Travel News) Mon, Jan 27, 2014 - NASA's Discover
planetary science missions won't meet a key congressional deadline, but the space agency says it is stepping up the pace to prepare for proposal requests.