crawfordsm

crawfordsm, 9 days ago to random

Heading to Philadelphia today, and the #Amtrak conductor is on point with his Wilmington, Delaware facts.

crawfordsm, 28 days ago to random

Sometimes I really like my job:

Great visit to JPL to talk all things Open Science!

Two days full of conversations with the scientist and engineers about ways to make their scientific work more accessible, inclusive, and reproducible.

It was great to make so many new connections and interesting to hear about the challenges as well.

#jpl #OpenScience

A color map of Mars terrain made from pastels and the first observations from the Mariner 4 mission. The map has yellow center right area, followed by white, then orange, red, brown gradients in indicating color as measured from data from the observations.
A replica of the Mars Perseverance rover. There is large black tires, white body, and mast with a camera on top. It is sitting on red brown rocks.
Mission Control room at JPL. There are rows of desks and computer screens. Above them is a set of large screens showing the Earth along with what missions the deep Space network is communicating with.

crawfordsm, 1 month ago to animals

I’m generally bad at social media so here is a picture of my dog having fun

#dogsofmastodon

crawfordsm, 1 month ago to random

Happy 2024 eclipse day to those in North America!

If you aren’t sure what to do or if you can see it, NASA has you covered:

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/

#eclipse

crawfordsm, 1 month ago to space

Is it a good time to mention that NASA has an open solicitation to support sustainability for scientific open source software?

We are also having a town hall on Tuesday, April 2 at 2 pm ET to talk about it.

See details here:

https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=910CC61E-4616-9958-C26F-F8D9BC5AB8D9&path=open

#OpenScience #NASA #OpenSource #opensourcesoftware

crawfordsm, 4 months ago to Astro

A nice article about the transformative work in South Africa over the last 20 years to make the astronomy community more inclusive and representative.

I taught at NASSP for 10 years. It was one of the best things I’ve ever done and so lucky for my engagement with the amazing students (now scientists).

I think it has been a successful 20 years of effort, though as mentioned, plenty more work to be done!

#OpenScience #astrodon #SouthAfrica

https://www-timeslive-co-za.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.timeslive.co.za/amp/sunday-times-daily/news/2024-01-15-20-years-ago-sa-had-40-qualified-astronomers-all-white-how-its-opened-space-science-and-developed-skills-since-then/

crawfordsm, 4 months ago to space

Sonce yesterday’s post was fairly popular for my standards, let’s try another ask me anything during my train commute!

Over the next hour, ask me anything on NASA, open science, or astronomy!

#nasa #openscience #astrodon

crawfordsm, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to space

On the train again - it’s been a while but gives me some free time!

Does anyone want to ask me anything about NASA, open science, astronomy, or anything else?

#OpenScience #nasa

Update: off the train, but I’ll check back if there are any more questions tomorrow.

crawfordsm, 4 months ago to Astro

This opinion piece is written by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin on future space based astronomy observatories.

There is a lot more nuance (like funding profiles) but I think it does inspire some interesting discussion points and thought.

#Astrodon

https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/bolder-than-webb-youll-never-know-unless-you-go/

crawfordsm, 5 months ago to random

UNESCO has released their Open Science Outlook that looks at the growth and impact of open science from the individual to the global perspective.

#OpenScience

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387324.locale=en

crawfordsm, 5 months ago to random

With Halley's Comet and the Challenger Disaster, the first few months of 1986 were an incredible formative time for those interested in space. Most of my vivid, early memories date from that year and I would guess it is probably pretty similar to others in the space field that are of a similar age.

crawfordsm, 5 months ago to Astro

The new Science Explorer (SciX) launches today! This provides search over publications related to Earth and Space Science. It builds on the Astrophysics Data Service to expand similar services of discovery to Earth, Planetary, Heliophysics and Space-based biological and physics sciences.

#OpenScience #Astrodon #EarthData #PlanetaryScience #climatechange #Heliophysics #AGU

https://scixplorer.org/

crawfordsm, 5 months ago to random

The Center for Open Science will be hosting a Year of Open Science culminating conference from March 21-22.

#OpenScience

https://www.cos.io/blog/year-of-open-science-culminating-conference

crawfordsm, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to space

NASA's Transform to Open Science has released their Open Science 101 curriculum! The curriculum introduces the skills and tools to better understand how to make your science more accessible, inclusive, and reproducible. There is an online course and will be opportunities for in-person and virtual trainings.

Those completing the course will receive the NASA TOPS Open Science badge linked to their ORCID accounts.

#OpenScience #NASA #NASATOPS

Learn more at:
https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/

crawfordsm, 5 months ago to space

Pale Blue Dot Data Challenge

Use space-generated data to improve quality of life! Participants will leverage Earth observation data and visualization techniques to combat hunger, increase access to clean water, and address climate change. Competition on behalf of NASA and UNVIE in collaboration with UNOOSA.

Prize a 10 day trip to Space Studies Program that includes Space Camp. Prize is open to both US and international participants!

#NASA #UNVIE #NASATOPS #Earth #ClimateChange

crawfordsm, 5 months ago to random

"Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits."

This is part of Article 27 in the UN Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed on 10 December 1948. But what does it mean to "to share in scientific advancement and its benefits"? It is an interesting question especially as that concept has evolved over the past 75 years.

#OpenScience

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

crawfordsm, 6 months ago to space

In September, NASA released their first interactive graphic novel that imagines the story of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon.

The second issue also highlights how Open Science will help share the discoveries made by lunar exploration.

#NASA #OpenScience

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/gn_cover_instagram_1080x1350_1.jpg

crawfordsm, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to space

The discovery of a super massive black hole from when the Universe was only ~450 million years old is pretty amazing.

The observations from JWST and the Chandra X-ray observatory were both required to see this.

The NASA press release also includes links to Open Access versions of the papers including the preprint and the AAS. This is part of SMD’s policy on making science more accessible including in our press releases.

#OpenScience #NASA #Astrodon

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-telescopes-discover-record-breaking-black-hole/

crawfordsm, 6 months ago to random

May I have the wisdom to know:

What bureaucracy to just do, what bureaucracy to change, and what bureaucracy to ignore until it is replaced by something else.

crawfordsm, 6 months ago to Halloween

Herring Run Park in Baltimore, MD. One of our favorite places to take Tycho in the city. It’s a quiet, wooded area where we usually see deer and only a few miles from the harbor.

#Autumn #Baltimore

crawfordsm, 6 months ago to random

This is a really interesting article and podcast episode on "When Diversity meets feedback" by Erin Meyer. There are a lot of great points about how to give feedback across age, gender, and cultures.

One of the most interesting points was that giving feedback, especially unsolicited, may trigger the "flight or fight" response. This can even happen if you ask - people rarely so no, but that still can trigger the response!

Article: https://hbr.org/2023/09/when-diversity-meets-feedback
PodCast: https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/10/getting-feedback-right-on-diverse-teams?ab=HP-hero-latest-text-1

crawfordsm, 7 months ago to animals

#SilentSunday #DogsOfMastodon

crawfordsm, 7 months ago to Astro

Astronomy animations created between a collaboration of students at the Maryland Institute College of Art and NASA.

There is a collection of over 60 animations that are free to use:

https://www.astroanimation.org

#astrodon #OpenScience #dotAstro

crawfordsm, 7 months ago to random

Great talk by Caprice Phillips on #BlackInAstro at the #dotAstro meeting.

The new website has profiles of many of the members of the #BlackInAstro community- check out all the great stuff there are doing in Astronomy!

https://www.blackinastro.com

crawfordsm, 8 months ago to python

What are your favorite introductions or tutorials to programming for scientists?

This could be for a specific language or version control or to the command line.

#OpenScience #OpenSourceSoftware
#python
#RStats