Mike Bramble

Scientist. I use photons to study rocks across the Solar System. Remote sensing at extreme environments. Opinions expressed are my own.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of space robots.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

Abstract 2464:

Methane from below
Radiation from above
Altered icy worlds

#LPSC2023 @LPSCHaiku

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@eamador My ears perked up on that comment too. There goes ~6% of the budget in the near future.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

Abstract 2835:

Radiation strikes
Color centers start to show
A salty Ceres

#LPSC2022 #LPSCHaiku @LPSCHaiku

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

There are even numerous sites with land-on capability for a small surface science package. Depending on the landing architecture, ~50 sites can exist with the bulk of the landing ellipse consisting of the salt deposits.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

A bit different than my norm, I submitted an abstract to the Low-Cost Science Mission Concepts for Mars Exploration workshop. It's on looking into the martian chloride salt-bearing deposits as a target for a low-cost science mission. https://t.co/0BkbB4vsK6 #LowCostMars2022

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

While working on a separate side-project looking into salts on Mars, the thought that the chloride deposits would generate great science objectives and realistic measurement objectives for a low-cost mission grew louder in my mind.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

We saw about 1 minute of the #DARTMission launch from our backyard! Congrats on your launch and have a pleasant voyage, DART!

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@codydschultz Awesome! Congrats!

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@_DanOnTheMoon_ I think their website has been down for a month or two now. Have you tried the PDS's interface for the RELAB database? It has been my go-to for the past year or so for grabbing RELAB spectra. https://t.co/DTVa2D3zE6

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

I received peak academic spam today. Either that or I have a self-titled biography out there that I don't know about.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

Today I learned Mars Pathfinder had windsocks!
Picture from Smith et al., 1997, JGR.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@_DanOnTheMoon_ Touché!

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@_DanOnTheMoon_ * Venus's atmosphere has entered the chat *

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

No #LPSC2021 abstract from me this year, sadly. The two projects I'm focusing on at the moment aren't quite ready for primetime.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@rockorsmth @_DanOnTheMoon_ @loopdlupien Found them!

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@codydschultz If I recall, it has been signed out of the library since 2006. So I wouldn't wait for it to be returned! 😄

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@codydschultz I have a scan of the first 84 pages of the chapter I'll send you in an email. After 84 pages I lost interest in scanning, haha.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@sixtysymbols There are parts of this video where Professor Moriarty makes me think of Feynman in 'The Pleasure of Finding Things Out'.

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

Abstract 2498:

Thermal emission
At cold, vaccum conditions
Bulk metal is key

#LPSC2020 #LPSCHaiku @LPSCHaiku

[Mike Bramble @mbramble]

@viviano These are spectra of the winners from Carle's annual Chocolate Cake Cookoff! There was one year (or years) that the winning cake was brought into the lab to be measured. I know there are a few more interesting finds hidden in the RELAB database.