A diverse array of unconnected items that have built up in my posting queue:
- The Chinese preparations for their first lunar lander is progressing towards a launch this year: Chang’e-3 lunar probe sent to launch site – China.org.cn
- Clues to how the early earth was formed come from gold in the crust and in meteorites but they don’t settle the argument in favor of the “Late Veneer” model: Does gold come from outer space? – BBC
- The rate at which small asteroids are discovered may soon shoot up, so to speak: “Synthetic Tracking” Set to Revolutionise Near-Earth Asteroid Discovery — The Physics arXiv Blog
- Ad Astra Rocket Company raised more than twice the target for its crowdfunding campaign to pay for development of a high production quality documentary video to explain its VASIMR propulsion technology: Animating VASIMR®: The Future of Spaceflight by Ad Astra Rocket Company — Kickstarte