Planetary Society Blog for Saturday 22 November 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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Quick update about our website

Posted: 21 Nov 2014 04:50 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...about-our.html

The last two weeks have been extraordinary for The Planetary Society. As
amazing as this increased traffic is, it has brought to light some issues
with our website including latency and missing content that we are still
working on fixing.

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Don't Miss This Great New Video About Europa

Posted: 21 Nov 2014 12:38 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey...ut-europa.html

JPL released a slick new video highlighting the significance of Europa, the
moon of Jupiter with more liquid water than the Earth.

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Lunar Polar Volatile Puzzle

Posted: 21 Nov 2014 07:17 AM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...le-puzzle.html

Deepak Dhingra gives an exciting update from the recent Lunar Exploration
and Analysis Group (LEAG) meeting at Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Lab (JHU-APL) in Baltimore.

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A Mission to Europa Just Got a Whole Lot More Likely

Posted: 20 Nov 2014 06:14 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey...re-likely.html

Rep. John Culberson, an outspoken supporter of Europa exploration, will
assume leadership of an influential congressional committee that funds NASA.

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How NASA Plans to Land Humans on Mars

Posted: 20 Nov 2014 02:04 AM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...lans-mars.html

On the surface, NASA's humans to Mars plans seem vague and disjointed. But
that's because the agency is playing the long game. Right now, it may be
the only game they can play.