David Grinspoon Planetary Science Institute 2017 Report

Report on research and education activities:

My research activities in 2017 included contributing to the Japanese Akatsuki mission as a Contributing Scientist. Several papers are in preparation. Also this year I continued work on the ROCKE3D node of the NASA NexSS (NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System Science). Out of this work I am co-author of a paper that was published in Geophysics Research Letters. I also contributed as Co-I to the proposal for the Venus New Frontiers missions VICI and VISAGE, neither of which was selected for Phase A funding. On the heels of this loss I am now a Co-I on a team that is preparing a proposal for the next Discovery competition.

This year I completed a book entitled “Chasing New Horizons”, co-authored with Dr. , which chronicles the history of the New Horizons mission to Pluto. It will be published May 1, 2018, by Picador Books.

Also, this year This year I joined the Committee on the Status of Women of the American Astronomical Society.

I gave invited talks at Princeton University, Hunter College, University of Iowa, University of Victoria, University of Utrecht, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa),Stevens Institute of Technology, MIT, Johns Hopkins University and at the American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans

I have participated in numerous public outreach activities including magazine writing, hosting and appearing as a guest on radio shows, moderating public discussions, and giving lectures.

I also joined the scientific advisory board of the SETI Institute.

Publications:

Way, M. J., A. D. Del Genio, N. Y. Kiang, L. E. Sohl, D. H. Grinspoon, I. Aleinov, M. Kelley, and T. Clune (2017), Was Venus the first habitable world of our solar system?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069790.

Grinspoon, D.H, (2017) In Situ Exploration of Venus. Abstract for Invited Union Session talk at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, New Orleans, 2017.

Colloquia and Invited Conference Talks:

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Unquestioned Assumptions in . Invited Colloquium at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, February 15, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) The Once and Future Exploration of Venus. Invited Colloquium at the University of Victoria, March 14, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Astrobiology and Planetary Exploration. Invited Colloquium at University of Virginia, March 23, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Earth Optimism in the Anthropocene. Invited Colloquium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, September 23, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Exploration of Venus. Invited talk at University of Iowa, April 25, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Astrobiology and the Anthropocene. Invited Keynote talk at the Astrobiology Science Conference, Tempe Arizona. April 27, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Challenges in Exploration of Venus. Invited talk at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands. May 2, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Update on the Akatsuki Mission. Mini-synopisis talk for Planetary Science Institute. May 10, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Seeds of a Good Anthropocene. Invited talk at the Stockholm Resilience Center. June 13, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Climate Evolution on Venus. Invited talk at the Symposium on Planetary atmospheres on Earth, in the solar system, and on Exoplanets, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Stockholm. June 16, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Missions to Venus: Past, Future, Planned and Pretend. Invited Colloquium at Johns Hopkins University, October 6, 2017.

Grinspoon, D.H. (2017) Terra Sapiens: Earth in Human Hands. Invited Colloquium at Princeton University, December 16, 2017.

Popular Articles:

Grinspoon, D. (2017). Mars and our Expectations, Sky and Telescope, January 2017,

Grinspoon, D. (2017). Not Venus Again, Sky and Telescope, March 2017.

Grinspoon, D. (2017). Life Outside the Habitable Zone, Sky and Telescope, May, 2017.

Grinspoon, D. (2017). Asteroid 22107 Grinspoon: My Rock of Ages. Sky and Telescope, July, 2017.

Service to the Science Community:

This year I joined the Committee on the Status of Women of the American Astronomical Society.

Senior Advisory Board of the International Association for Geoethics.

Associate Academic Member of the Big History Institute at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Scientific Advisory Board for the SETI Institute.

I served on several NASA review panels.

Public Outreach Activities:

I am a host of a web radio show entitled Star Talk All Stars, which is a spin-off of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Star Talk, to be produced by the same team. Several episodes were recorded and broadcast in 2017.

11/29/2017 Appearance on “Gravity Assist” podcast with James Green to talk about Venus exploration. https://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/gravity-assist-podcast-venus-with- david-grinspoon

Multiple Interviews on the John Batchelor Show, syndicated radio show, giving updates on planetary exploration and astrobiology.

BBC Radio interview, 1/4/2017

Interviewed by several NPR public radio stations in Washington DC, California, Boston and New York.

Appearance on television show How the Universe Works.

Appearance on Star Talk National Geographic television show.

Public talks at Griffith Observatory, California Academy of Sciences, Pacific Science Center, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Silver Spring Library, Free Library of Philadelpia, Met Café in Providence Rhode Island, Boston Public Library, Yale University, Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, National Capitol Area Skeptics, University of Victoria, University of Virginia, Chabot Space and Science Center, University of Colorado, Smithsonian Institution, University of Iowa, University of Utrecht, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, MIT, Jackson Hole Wyoming Astronomy Society, Long Now Society, Brooklyn Ideas Festival, Johns Hopkins University, SETI Institute, Bates College, Helix Center in New York.