Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) is an educational site sharing the latest research on meteorites, planets, and other solar system bodies being made by NASA-sponsored scientists. The web site is supported by the Cosmochemistry Program of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and by Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium and is a vital link for planetary and space sciences, and for learning how science works.
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PSRD is a dynamic Web site containing hot ideas in cosmochemistry, feature articles, short slide summaries of articles, pdf versions of articles, a comprehensive archive of articles, news links, glossary, search engine, subscription service, rss feed, and comments page. Additional resources are added as needed.
PSRD was initiated in September, 1996. The first articles were posted in October, 1996 at the address: www.soest.hawaii.edu/PSRdiscoveries. In February, 2001 we moved to our current address: www.psrd.hawaii.edu.
Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Computer operational support is provided by Eric J. Pilger, Systems Administrator, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
PSRD makes every effort to bring you current and accurate information. Each article is reviewed by appropriate researchers before being released to the general public. Some information accessed through the PSRD Web site may be preliminary. Conclusions drawn from information on this Web site are the responsibility of the user.
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Additionally, Dwornik Student Paper and Poster award winners are invited to submit an article based on their award-winning presentations. These student research projects receive recognition at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (held each March in Houston, Texas) after careful review and judging by a panel of planetary geoscientists.
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PSRD is hosted on a server at the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at the University of Hawai'i. As with all internet web sites, PSRD collects some information indirectly from all users visiting our web site. What is collected and how it is used is explained below.
Third Party Disclosure PSRD does not disclose information to third parties.
PSRD does not disclose information to third parties.
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Additional Information Also read NASA's Privacy Statement for Web Sites 02 MARCH 2001
Also read NASA's Privacy Statement for Web Sites 02 MARCH 2001
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