Apart from having a couple of tutorials on vectors & coordinate geometry, and getting the TMA02 for MST124 to 'release candidate' stage, there's really nothing much of interest to report. I completed iCMA42 a few weeks ago, which means I can put the maths to one side for a while and concentrate on the planetary science module. I have no more formal maths submissions until after the S283 exam, which is only 8 weeks away. iCMA43 opens on Tuesday so I can print out the questions and work on them informally as I plough on through both modules over the next few weeks. Some of the maths is revision for me, so it shouldn't be as demanding as the 'integration methods' which will come up in TMA03 after the S283 exam. Doing two modules concurrently is a lot more logistical than just doing one.
I've been keeping this news in reserve for a week when nothing much has happened and I am pleased to announce that I've been elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. So I'm now John Hunt FRAS, amongst other things.