{"id":2440,"date":"2016-01-17T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2016-01-17T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T20:30:09","slug":"short-update-from-both-teams-via-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2016\/01\/17\/short-update-from-both-teams-via-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"short update from both teams via Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lake effect snow in December of 2006 (MODIS image from NASA’s Earth Observatory website)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

I’m a happy boss. \u00a0I’ve\u00a0talked to both Jim Karner (in the Miller Range) and John Schutt (in McMurdo) in the past half-day, hearing what’s on their minds and sharing a few box scores. Even though I’m sure you’ll hear more details in the next few blogs, \u00a0\u00a0I thought I’d share some of what I’ve learned.<\/p>\n

Miller Range:<\/em> The end of their season has been looming\u00a0for a few days, but now it’s looking more imminent. \u00a0It\u00a0has\u00a0been snowing a bit out there and now there is\u00a0enough snow on the icefields to hid\u00a0the meteorites. \u00a0 Typically when this happens (and it can happen a few times a season, or not at all) we wait a few days and a wind storm cleans everything off again. But that’s not much to hope for when you’re expecting to leave the field in a few days anyway. \u00a0So with that in mind, \u00a0Jim is going to let McMurdo know they can be ready for pickup when the schedule next permits.<\/p>\n

Elephant Moraine:<\/em> \u00a0The Twin Otter schedule remains bogged down, with too many groups wanting the aircraft in the same timeframe. \u00a0Normally the aircraft are flying all over the continent, so there’s a daily progression of priorities based on who’s been waiting, whose work is most urgent, and of course the weather. \u00a0Our dynamic duo (John and Con) are in line\u00a0right behind a group doing ice coring at Allan Hills (next door to Elephant Moraine) so there’s no gaming the system, they just have to wait. \u00a0It will be a few days before they start thinking about plan B.<\/p>\n

Novelty, OH:<\/em> \u00a0I’m home for the long MLK-day weekend, and while we’ve had a very warm winter so far due to El Nino, Lake Erie’s lake-effect snow machine has been turned on. \u00a0Steady flakes since about 10 am and expected to continue for 24 hours. Meanwhile I’m getting\u00a0ready for a “justify-your-existence” presentation to NASA brass a week from Monday. \u00a0I’ve had to do these regularly (in one form or another) \u00a0for decades, so no huge level of stress. However, this one is a little different. \u00a0Our funding now comes from NASA’s\u00a0Near Earth Object Observatory (NEOO) program; this fits in a practical sense\u00a0since they fund asteroid-related longer-term projects (just think of us as a “lithoscope”).\u00a0But some might need a moment to see that the science fits as well. \u00a0My job is to make the case for that fit\u00a0and\u00a0show how ANSMET is a good use of NEOO money even if\u00a0we’re not really\u00a0“telescopic”.<\/p>\n

–posted by RPH from Novelty, OH, \u00a017Jan 2016, 3 pm<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a happy boss. \u00a0I’ve\u00a0talked to both Jim Karner (in the Miller Range) and John Schutt (in McMurdo) in the past half-day, hearing what’s on their minds and sharing a few box scores. Even though I’m sure you’ll hear more details in the next few blogs, \u00a0\u00a0I thought I’d share some of what I’ve learned.<\/p>\n

Miller Range:<\/em> The end of their season has been looming\u00a0for a few days, but now it’s looking more imminent. \u00a0It\u00a0has\u00a0been snowing a bit out there and now there is\u00a0enough snow on the icefields to hid\u00a0the meteorites. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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