Forbes The Shocking Doomsday Maps Of The World And The Billionaire Escape PlansForbesI spoke with Professor Donald L. Turcotte, an expert in planetary geology at the University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Science Department, he tells me that the…
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Student hopes new LSU top cop will beef up security – www.brproud.com
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Lafayette's Jessica Watkins envisions footprints on Mars — hers, maybe – Colorado Hometown Weekly
Lafayette’s Jessica Watkins envisions footprints on Mars — hers, maybeColorado Hometown WeeklyWhile at UCLA, she was a teaching assistant for various courses in earth and planetary science. At time of selection, Watkins was a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of…
Chill, North Korean Nukes Aren't Going to Trigger a Volcanic Eruption – Motherboard
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Interview with one of NASA's newest astronauts, Jessica Watkins – Blastr
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Astronaut Candidate Loral O'Hara | NASA – NASA/JPL Edu News (press release) (blog)
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UNM receives $12 million NSF Cooperative Agreement to operate COMPRES – UNM Newsroom
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NASA picks 12 new astronauts, including 3 with ties to SoCal – FOX 11 Los Angeles
FOX 11 Los Angeles NASA picks 12 new astronauts, including 3 with ties to SoCalFOX 11 Los AngelesJessica Watkins, a Maryland native, has a doctorate in geology from UCLA. She worked as a teaching assistant in earth and planetary science…
Caltech Postdoc a Future Astronaut – Pasadena Now
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SpaceX employee, Caltech fellow among 12 NASA astronaut candidates – LA Daily News
LA Daily News SpaceX employee, Caltech fellow among 12 NASA astronaut candidatesLA Daily NewsThe group includes a nuclear engineer used to working on submarines; a microbiologist; four test pilots; A Navy SEAL; an astronautics professor; a SpaceX senior manager; a…