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Kent Ross

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NASA DEVELOP’s Approach to Co-Production and Collaborative STEM Engagement

The NASA DEVELOP Program conducts 50-60 projects each year with the goal of bringing the benefits of NASA Earth science to local decision-making challenges. DEVELOP, part of NASA’s Applied Sciences’ Capacity Building Program, connects end users with students, recent graduates, and early and transitioning career professionals through 10-week rapid feasibility studies. These projects are a collaboration between NASA, DEVELOP office host locations (universities and other federal installations), project partners (federal agencies, state and local governments, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and international organizations), and the project teams who conduct them. The projects take place under the guidance of science advisors from NASA, academia, and partner organizations, and introduces communities to new applications of NASA Earth observations data with the desired outcome of informed decision-making. This presentation will highlight the DEVELOP model of co-production and programmatic collaboration, lessons learned in partnering, and evaluation activities that look at the impact of the program’s efforts.

Capacity Building↗
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Developing Soft Skill in the Geosciences: NASA DEVELOP’s Approach to Strengthening Soft Skills in the Future Geospatial Workforce

Part of NASA’s Applied Sciences, the DEVELOP Program bridges the gap between NASA Earth Science and potential users through rapid feasibility studies that apply Earth observations to environmental decision making needs. The program conducts 50-60 studies a year that engage participants – students, recent graduates, early career individuals, and transitioning career professionals – in autonomous teamwork with an emphasis on professional development and communication. The experience offers participants a robust opportunity to build their teaming skills (facilitated through programmatic personality assessments and discussions), interpersonal communication, and critical thinking skills which are central to project work in the DEVELOP model. The program also offers leadership opportunities where participants lead their peers within a supportive environment. This presentation will introduce the DEVELOP model for soft skill development, lessons learned, and highlight testimonials of past participants.

Amanda Clayton↗
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LON 94101 Provides a Unique Record of C-Class Asteroid Regolith Diversity

LON 94101 and its pairing mate LON 94102 are two of the largest CM finds, with a collective mass of 3.8kg.Over the years we noticed that every section of these meteorites appeared significantly different. These stones are highly brecciated and display an unprecedented range of CM lithologies [1-3, and numerous other papers]. They thus record direct information regarding the physical and petrologic characteristics of the CM parent asteroid(s) at the greatest scale observable from meteorites. Still unanswered questions are what the typical clast size was for each lithology, and what the full range of CM textures in LON 94101 could be. We were also interested in learning whether there were xenoliths in these breccias, these being apparently unknown for CM chondrites. Detailed characterization of an especially large sample is required to address these issues. This abstract reports results of the initial characterization of one large sample of LON 94101.

Michael Zolensky↗