Wemartians Podcast

SpaceX has been requesting HiRISE images from an area called Arcadia Planitia as potential landing sites for their Starship vehicle. Dr Ali Bramson, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab and expert on the region, joins Jake to talk about what's going on there and why SpaceX might be interested. We talk SpaceX, Starship, and Arcadia Planitia SpaceX requests landing site candidate imagesSome textures of Arcadia PlanitiaAn example of "Brain Terrain"Polygonal terrain in CanadaPlanetary Society piece on Terraced CratersThe SpaceX Landing Site Candidate HIRISE requestsInteractive DTMs for Terraced Craters - explore them in your browser!PAPER: Widespread excess ice in Arcadia Planitia, MarsPAPER: Exposed subsurface ice sheets in the Martian mid-latitudes Follow Ali Bramson Ali Bramson's Twitter (@alibramson)Ali's profile at LPLAli's profile at Purdue (starting Fall 2020)SWIM ProjectSWIM Project Twitter (@RedPlanetSWIM)Be a student at Purdue! Follow Jake & WeMarti