IN THIS ISSUE

Letters

• The earth and space issue
  Understanding our planet is essential for maintaining America’s national security.

Abstracts

• Read all about it
  New center makes archived classified weapons research more accessible.
• Summer students explore national security science
  Hands-on projects provide an in-depth understanding of nuclear nonproliferation.
• Burning Ground
  A new documentary highlights high-explosives safety.
• The Plutonium Handbook, second edition
  The authoritative nuclear science reference has been updated.
• Seismic sleuthing in southern California
  Daniel Trugman helps identify 1.81 million previously undetected small earthquakes.
• Father of the heat pipe passes away
  Heat pipes are used in spacecraft and computers.
• National Security Forum
  Civic leaders and senior military officers discuss leadership, strategy, and national security.
• A summer of science
  Future military leaders work on innovative projects around the Laboratory.

Features

• Securing our shores
  Storms, sea-level rise, and erosion endanger coastal military bases. What can we do?
• A complicated game of telephone
  Enabling “talk” between weapons codes and geologic codes will change how the U.S. watches for nuclear explosions.
• How a bomb built the space program
  The Rover Program, designed to solve H-bomb delivery problems, was the first U.S. foray into nuclear rockets.
• Collision course
  Could scientists deflect an Earth-bound asteroid?
• Electronic license plates for space
  Satellite IDs can solve space-traffic problems.
• Cosmic collaboration
  Lisa Danielson sparks Lab-wide collaboration to advance Los Alamos planetary science.
• The women powering the Mars rover laser
  The brains behind the rock-penetrating laser.

Analysis

• From Los Alamos to outer space
  Former scientist and astronaut John Phillips talks about his time at Los Alamos and NASA.

Being Essential

• Busy bee
  Chris Bradley, a scientist and beekeeper, cultivates a problem-solving outlook.