SHOCKINGLY my abstract for LPSC 2026 was not accepted
I submitted an abstract to LPSC 2026.
I wanted to see how many abstracts were submitted this year. Mine went in at 11:58 pm Central, so is among the last to go in. It will be rejected, but for the student rate ($35) it was worth the experiment.
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I wanted to see how many abstracts were submitted this year. Mine went in at 11:58 pm Central, so is among the last to go in. It will be rejected, but for the student rate ($35) it was worth the experiment.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
SHOCKINGLY my abstract for LPSC 2026 was not accepted
Got my hopes up, only to find the actual response to be “we’ve carefully decided that we will change nothing” lmao
September 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Got my hopes up, only to find the actual response to be “we’ve carefully decided that we will change nothing” lmao
This is abstract #2022.
Given that the numbering scheme starts at 1001, and mine will *definitely* be rejected, that's ~1,020 abstracts for #LPSC2026.
By comparison:
LPSC 2025: highest number I could find = #2903
LPSC 2024: #2794
LPSC 2023: #3036
LPSC 2022: #2956
LPSC 2021: #2781
Given that the numbering scheme starts at 1001, and mine will *definitely* be rejected, that's ~1,020 abstracts for #LPSC2026.
By comparison:
LPSC 2025: highest number I could find = #2903
LPSC 2024: #2794
LPSC 2023: #3036
LPSC 2022: #2956
LPSC 2021: #2781
January 9, 2026 at 6:22 AM
This is abstract #2022.
Given that the numbering scheme starts at 1001, and mine will *definitely* be rejected, that's ~1,020 abstracts for #LPSC2026.
By comparison:
LPSC 2025: highest number I could find = #2903
LPSC 2024: #2794
LPSC 2023: #3036
LPSC 2022: #2956
LPSC 2021: #2781
Given that the numbering scheme starts at 1001, and mine will *definitely* be rejected, that's ~1,020 abstracts for #LPSC2026.
By comparison:
LPSC 2025: highest number I could find = #2903
LPSC 2024: #2794
LPSC 2023: #3036
LPSC 2022: #2956
LPSC 2021: #2781
Planetary friends, the location for LPSC 2027 has been announced!
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It's the Woodlands, TX.
Like it's been since 2009, and the same state since the meeting started in 1970.
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It's the Woodlands, TX.
Like it's been since 2009, and the same state since the meeting started in 1970.
September 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Planetary friends, the location for LPSC 2027 has been announced!
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It's the Woodlands, TX.
Like it's been since 2009, and the same state since the meeting started in 1970.
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It's the Woodlands, TX.
Like it's been since 2009, and the same state since the meeting started in 1970.
Not sure what I expected from NASA night at LPSC but it wasn’t this
March 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Not sure what I expected from NASA night at LPSC but it wasn’t this
Happy "Not Submitting an LPSC Abstract Today" to those who celebrate.
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Happy "Not Submitting an LPSC Abstract Today" to those who celebrate.
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Boricua Planeteers at LPSC! Few but mighty. WEPA!!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 🚀 @planettreky.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Boricua Planeteers at LPSC! Few but mighty. WEPA!!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 🚀 @planettreky.bsky.social
Fuck LPSC. We need to see a full boycott of that genocide profiteering conference that continues to endanger trans people.
September 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Fuck LPSC. We need to see a full boycott of that genocide profiteering conference that continues to endanger trans people.
LPSC abstracts - two-page conference proceedings - have been retrospectively disappearing from the meeting archives. The organisers say it's because the abstracts are "DEI content".
In an email yesterday, the ADS database reported "around 1,000 broken links to ... LPSC abstracts". #planetsci 🧪
In an email yesterday, the ADS database reported "around 1,000 broken links to ... LPSC abstracts". #planetsci 🧪
Researchers say that a NASA-funded institute is over-interpreting Trump’s anti-DEI order
https://go.nature.com/3YD039e
https://go.nature.com/3YD039e
‘Orwellian’: planetary scientists outraged over deletion of research records
Researchers say that a NASA-funded institute is over-interpreting Trump’s anti-DEI order.
go.nature.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
LPSC abstracts - two-page conference proceedings - have been retrospectively disappearing from the meeting archives. The organisers say it's because the abstracts are "DEI content".
In an email yesterday, the ADS database reported "around 1,000 broken links to ... LPSC abstracts". #planetsci 🧪
In an email yesterday, the ADS database reported "around 1,000 broken links to ... LPSC abstracts". #planetsci 🧪
It's a packed house for NASA Night at this year's LPSC.
With things afire generally and at NASA specifically (see my earlier posts today), it's going to be an interesting town hall.
With things afire generally and at NASA specifically (see my earlier posts today), it's going to be an interesting town hall.
March 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It's a packed house for NASA Night at this year's LPSC.
With things afire generally and at NASA specifically (see my earlier posts today), it's going to be an interesting town hall.
With things afire generally and at NASA specifically (see my earlier posts today), it's going to be an interesting town hall.
PLANETAS at LPSC! 💜🚀🎊🛸
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
PLANETAS at LPSC! 💜🚀🎊🛸
(LPSC is one of the two main US based planetary science conferences. So that’s how 2025 is going)
June 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
(LPSC is one of the two main US based planetary science conferences. So that’s how 2025 is going)
USRA continues to suck. Glad I don’t have to go to LPSC at this point in my career.
Got my hopes up, only to find the actual response to be “we’ve carefully decided that we will change nothing” lmao
September 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
USRA continues to suck. Glad I don’t have to go to LPSC at this point in my career.
Open Letter Denouncing the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Censorship of Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) abstracts (you can sign it)
🧪 #PlanetSci
🧪 #PlanetSci
Open letter - Denouncing LPI's Censorship of LPSC Abstracts
signatories.planetary-research.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Open Letter Denouncing the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Censorship of Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) abstracts (you can sign it)
🧪 #PlanetSci
🧪 #PlanetSci
Happy “hey sorry for the short notice. Here’s an LPSC abstract that’s due tonight” Day for all who celebrate
January 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy “hey sorry for the short notice. Here’s an LPSC abstract that’s due tonight” Day for all who celebrate
LPSC????
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
LPSC????
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
y'all. please do this for me if I ever get to go to LPSC again.
Checking in to see what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is up to today
July 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
y'all. please do this for me if I ever get to go to LPSC again.
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference DEI Issues Reappear
nasawatch.com/trumpspace/l... #NASA #DEI #DEIA #LPSC
nasawatch.com/trumpspace/l... #NASA #DEI #DEIA #LPSC
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference DEI Issues Reappear
Update on the next Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) sponsored by USRA's LPI.
nasawatch.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference DEI Issues Reappear
nasawatch.com/trumpspace/l... #NASA #DEI #DEIA #LPSC
nasawatch.com/trumpspace/l... #NASA #DEI #DEIA #LPSC
Instead of an LPSC abstract, a few of us posted our concerns about the censorship of the conference at blog.planetary-research.org/2026/01/06/a..., with some suggestions for other conferences you can attend to discuss planetary science. (Definitely shorter than 2 pages 10 pt font, too!)
An Open Letter Regarding LPSC - The Planetary Research Blog
blog.planetary-research.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Instead of an LPSC abstract, a few of us posted our concerns about the censorship of the conference at blog.planetary-research.org/2026/01/06/a..., with some suggestions for other conferences you can attend to discuss planetary science. (Definitely shorter than 2 pages 10 pt font, too!)
Got an "Important Deadlines" email from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference and uhhhhhhhh please read the room???? LPSC today is NOT it
February 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Got an "Important Deadlines" email from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference and uhhhhhhhh please read the room???? LPSC today is NOT it
2026 LPSC Abstract List is up.
429 oral presentations
590 posters
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1019 total presenters
#PlanetSci
429 oral presentations
590 posters
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1019 total presenters
#PlanetSci
LPSC 2026 - Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
We’re excited to announce that the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) will take place March 16–20, 2026, at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in The Woodlands...
www.hou.usra.edu
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
2026 LPSC Abstract List is up.
429 oral presentations
590 posters
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1019 total presenters
#PlanetSci
429 oral presentations
590 posters
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1019 total presenters
#PlanetSci
USRA, the parent organization of the Lunar and Planetary Institute—famous for hosting LPSC, training planetary scientists (including me), and unilaterally deciding to censor DEI content in planetary community documents going back decades—has shared this message.
June 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
USRA, the parent organization of the Lunar and Planetary Institute—famous for hosting LPSC, training planetary scientists (including me), and unilaterally deciding to censor DEI content in planetary community documents going back decades—has shared this message.