About Ryan
Ryan Anderson is the Shoemaker Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center. Ryan has a background in Physics and Astronomy and received his PhD in Planetary Science from Cornell University. His research helped lead to the selection of the Gale crater landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory rover "Curiosity", and he is on the science team for the ChemCam instrument on Curiosity. He is a payload downlink lead for ChemCam and for the Pancam color cameras on the Opportunity rover. All opinions and views expressed on this blog are personal and do not represent the Department of the Interior, the USGS, or NASA.
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Ryan is marschronicler on Twitter!
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7 June 2013
RT @MicroSFF: I pulled, to no avail. "You try?" She pulled it out, easily. "You're-" "They wouldn't let me." She shoved the sword back into… -
6 June 2013
RT @exploreplanets: .@MarsCuriosity will start driving to Mt. Sharp soon! That and other updates from today's news conf: http://t.co/0DBdxH… -
3 June 2013
RT @GameofLOLS: Oh my gods, this might be the best twitter account ever @RedWeddingTears (SPOILERS) -
3 June 2013
RT @chris_costello: Watching Game of Thrones with people who have read the books: http://t.co/cG0eRne2YL -
2 June 2013
RT @tomstandage: Just how plausible are the two proposed private missions to Mars? http://t.co/aqncQHDdI8











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