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Mike's Mojave Journal: Day 0: Drinking from the fire hose
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Monday, March 26, 2007. Day 0: Drinking from the fire hose. After another night's stay in Mammoth Lakes, I made the drive to our base for the rest of the week, the Zzyzx Desert Research Center. We were then given the official list of the projects that will be going on while we are here. Talk bout overload! The "normal" person in me is hiding in a corner babbling incoherently. ;). I know I want to do the microbiology at least one of the days,...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: Day 2: Mahana!
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Thursday, March 29, 2007. The word for the week is 'adaptability'". So spake Liza Coe, our illustrious leader. Adaptability works great, lucky happenstance works better. :). As water flows down the edges of the peds, it carries minerals and small amounts of dust, which fill the gaps in the peds, making them even more tightly packed. The rainwater also supplies bacteria in the peds with required moisture and nutrients. However, since ...Layer...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: Day 4: A Moral Dilemma
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Sunday, April 1, 2007. Day 4: A Moral Dilemma. Thursday would be our last day of "Themes", and their accompanying sign up sheets. Three days, and I still had not had a chance to visit Elaine and Sabine in the molecular biology lab, and try my hand at DNA sequencing of their soil bacteria samples. I had also passed on Monday's geologic tour of the area because I knew there would be another tour today. What to do, what to do. Due to a slightly...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: Final Questions
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Well, our "final" assignment has been posted for a couple of months, and our final responses are due by Saturday. So, in classical college student form, I have waited until the last minute! We have to answer this series of ten questions:. 1 How will you translate your experiences in the Mojave to your students? The incentive to work for NASA evaporates pretty quickly. Realistically, the salary factor (or lack thereo...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: June 2007
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Well, our "final" assignment has been posted for a couple of months, and our final responses are due by Saturday. So, in classical college student form, I have waited until the last minute! We have to answer this series of ten questions:. 1 How will you translate your experiences in the Mojave to your students? The incentive to work for NASA evaporates pretty quickly. Realistically, the salary factor (or lack thereo...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: April 2007
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Sunday, April 1, 2007. Day 5: The Voyage Home. Friday was the day they kicked us out of Zzyzx. The staff has done a incredible job in supplying us with a great environment for our program. The food was fantastic, and who has ever heard of clean showers and flush toilets on a field expedition? Thanks for going that extra distance to make space for all of us in your overcrowded facilities! Once again, serendipity played a hand. Melissa had to ...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: Day 3: Stromato-whats?!?
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Friday, March 30, 2007. Sunrise over the Mojave]. Ed: I've enabled comments from you non-Blogger members, although I get to moderate them to make sure you're not a spammer). Since the rover is remotely operated, it can be sent out as an explorer to scout new areas, or to take simple readings, in lieu of a more expensive robot or Human explorer. Note how I used the word "approximate" to describe our knowledge of the field.That's right, on...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: Day 5: The Voyage Home
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Sunday, April 1, 2007. Day 5: The Voyage Home. Friday was the day they kicked us out of Zzyzx. The staff has done a incredible job in supplying us with a great environment for our program. The food was fantastic, and who has ever heard of clean showers and flush toilets on a field expedition? Thanks for going that extra distance to make space for all of us in your overcrowded facilities! Once again, serendipity played a hand. Melissa had to ...
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Mike's Mojave Journal: March 2007
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A journal of my experiences with the 2007 NASA Spaceward Bound! Friday, March 30, 2007. Sunrise over the Mojave]. Ed: I've enabled comments from you non-Blogger members, although I get to moderate them to make sure you're not a spammer). Since the rover is remotely operated, it can be sent out as an explorer to scout new areas, or to take simple readings, in lieu of a more expensive robot or Human explorer. Note how I used the word "approximate" to describe our knowledge of the field.That's right, on...
