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  1. Co-I Udry describes 32 new exoplanets found, confirms M dwarf utility and implies need for TESS all sky survey! http://bit.ly/4eCA4b
  2. CoRoT-7b in the news: http://bit.ly/rIOq8 - lots of TESS Co-I's at the Barcelona "Pathways towards Habitable Planets" meeting.
  3. did you know that TESS has a Science Enhancement Option of additional 6TB storage? Time to redesign: http://ping.fm/B0Kem (but need SSD)
  4. TESS Co-I Josh Winn of MIT discovers a second planet in retrograde: http://bit.ly/nNV1F (thx @astracultura )
  5. newly found exoplanet in retrograde orbit (orbiting the opposite direction to the spin of its star) http://bit.ly/3LbQO4
  6. RT @Exoplanetology: Total Known Exoplanets: 360
  7. The planet hunt is on with @NASAKepler - Such fantastic photometric precision! http://bit.ly/4Iw69
  8. Co-I Seager to be on Thursday panel at NASA HQ discussing recent @NASAKepler findings http://bit.ly/Uflp0
  9. TESS Co-I Jon Jenkins to speak at Cafe Scientifique on Kepler - www.cafescisv.org - Date: 8/11/09 (Tues.) from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
  10. Blog post talking about Microsoft vs. Google for next space race. TESS is part of Google's portfolio - http://bit.ly/E0RDk
  11. No SMEX-love for TESS on the Nature Blog - http://bit.ly/jFpXJ
  12. another article lamenting TESS non-selection - http://bit.ly/2vZp9j
  13. @Eaterofsun great idea - @elonmusk want to find planets?
  14. Gilster felt NASA "missed an opportunity with TESS. ... From the PR perspective, TESS was a gold-plated winner." http://bit.ly/SuKXM
  15. Just had debrief w/ the Ames TESS team. Mood: positive. Immediate future: windy. Commitment: yes. Future: space. (Food: CA strawberries)
  16. @cabri hardly...one of my favorite quotes: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...." :)
  17. Thinking about ways to keep the core team together and creative solutions for getting into space... ideas?
  18. Congratulations to IRIS and GEMS for winning the SMEX selections. http://bit.ly/EIwRF Head held high knowing the team and mission is solid
  19. nice blog post by Paul Glister about TESS - http://www.centauri-dreams....
  20. "98% probability that TESS will locate a potentially habitable transiting terrestrial planet" New blog by Co-I Laughlin - http://oklo.org/