{"id":2277,"date":"2015-12-24T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2015-12-24T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T15:29:38","slug":"dear-santa-the-pi-has-been-a-good-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2015\/12\/24\/dear-santa-the-pi-has-been-a-good-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Santa, the PI has been a good boy."},"content":{"rendered":"
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My backyard with the rising Christmas Eve full moon<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Well, \u00a0I’ve tried to be good.<\/p>\n

If you’re a long-term reader of the blog you know I’m at home this year, here\u00a0in absurdly-warm (60’s) Novelty, Ohio. \u00a0 Given I’m MUCH closer to the North Pole than the field team, \u00a0I’ve sent\u00a0off the\u00a0letter to Santa below, in the hopes he’s feeling generous.<\/p>\n

Dear Santa,<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s hard for a scientist to understand how you objectively measure “naughty” and “nice”, but whatever your model or analysis, I hope you find ANSMET in the latter category. Our field people are the meteoritic equivalent of your elves, \u00a0gathering fantastic goodies that the planetary materials community can find in their stockings (providing they put in the correct requests, \u00a0wait a few months, and don’t actually put them in\u00a0stockings).<\/em><\/p>\n

Assuming your discussion\/interpretations\/conclusions results in\u00a0“nice”, \u00a0I’d like to ask for the following for the field team.<\/em><\/p>\n

-For Morgan, \u00a0 a full season, recovering\u00a0lots of colorful, sparkly and oddly-isotoped specimens.<\/em><\/p>\n

-For Nina, \u00a0good connectivity, at least one salty, hydrously-altered sedimentary martian meteorite, and Shiny!<\/em><\/p>\n

-For Brian, \u00a0that “guiding Trump up Denali” gig next April. \u00a0The bidding war for guiding him back down should be lucrative.<\/em><\/p>\n

-For Con, \u00a0a strangely warm meteorite that smell suspiciously of sulfur. \u00a0Maybe with a label “Made on Amtor”.<\/em><\/p>\n

-For Ellen, \u00a0a specimen that’s just one big CAI\u00a0made up of concentric layers of condensates, with\u00a0a big interstellar grain\u00a0in the middle.<\/em><\/p>\n

-For Cindy, a mistake in the 2016 NASA budget that funds lab and curatorial support in perpetuity at 0.1% GDP.<\/em><\/p>\n

-For Jim, a piece of amphibolite exactly the shape and size of a hockey puck. And the smallest dose of John’s respect (too much is dangerous and intoxicating)<\/em><\/p>\n

-For John, \u00a0a healthy field team, flights on schedule, unbreakable snowmobiles that get 30 mpg, and absolutely no excitement as\u00a0other\u00a0“leaders\u00a0take charge”.<\/em><\/p>\n

What do I want? \u00a0 For the field team I want everyone to have a healthy, happy season with lots of meteorites every day and good weather that makes\u00a0the season seem to go by quickly (that’s for me, too). \u00a0For all our friends\u00a0who study the meteorites we bring\u00a0back, continued curiosity, \u00a0good funding, and a new mystery in every rock.<\/em><\/p>\n

And for everyone else, \u00a0peace, \u00a0safety, \u00a0and contentment through the holiday season and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n

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-rph<\/p>\n

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Well, \u00a0I’ve tried to be good.<\/p>\n

If you’re a long-term reader of the blog you know I’m at home this year, here\u00a0in absurdly-warm (60’s) Novelty, Ohio. \u00a0 Given I’m MUCH closer to the North Pole than the field team, \u00a0I’ve sent\u00a0off the\u00a0letter to Santa below, in the hopes he’s feeling generous.<\/p>\n

Dear Santa,<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s hard for a scientist to understand how you objectively measure “naughty” and “nice”, but whatever your model or analysis, I hope you find ANSMET in the latter category. Our field people are the meteoritic equivalent of your elves, \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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