Category Archives: The Moon

Contests and Games, Space Arts, The Moon

The Moon Society Lunar Art Prize

June 11, 2015 TopSpacer

Here is an announcement from The Moon Society:

Do you dream about our future in space? The Moon Society is holding an art contest for the most inspired works of art relating to humanity’s future on the Moon. This is your opportunity to help us show the world what that future looks like!

The Moon is increasingly recognized as a destination not only of scientific, but also of economic interest. Art has long been recognized as a powerful way for people to envision possible futures, and The Moon Society is seeking to encourage broader awareness of how our future on the Moon might unfold through art.

The Moon Society will use submitted art in the preparation of publicity materials, including banners for use at outreach events, membership brochures, and other marketing opportunities both online and in print, as well as in the Moon Miners’ Manifesto. All entries will be featured in an online gallery at the Moon Society website, and artists will always receive credit when their work is used.

Interested parties should submit their original compositions to Art@MoonSociety.org by midnight CDT June 30th, 2015. Submissions should be at a minimum 300 DPI, 1200 DPI preferred.

Prizes are as follows:

> 1st Place: $250
> 2nd Place: $125
> 3rd Place: $75

There will also be honorable mentions for additional outstanding works. Judging will be performed by Moon Society Officers and Directors whose decision is final. Digital submissions will become the property of the Moon Society; Artists will retain individual use rights for works created in other media and then digitized. Digital artists will also retain individual use rights for their works.

The list of winners will be announced by July 10th, and the first outreach banner will be unveiled at the Moon Day event in Dallas on July 18th.

The Moon Society was founded in 2000 as a not-for profit, education-focused organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas.

Activism, Space Settlement, The Moon

Moon Miners’ Manifesto – June 2015 issue

June 1, 2015 TopSpacer

The Moon Society has released the June 2015 issue of the Moon Miners Manifesto magazine:

The TOC:

In Focus: Ceres, the smallest “planet” – Peter Kokh
For the Dawn Probe: Beyond Ceres: A swing by Pallas? – Peter Kokh
“Reimagineering” Public Images of Moon & Mars Bases & Outposts – Peter Kokh
Ways to make Moon & Mars Settlement Easier & Less Expensive – Peter Kokh
The Moon & Mars are so boringly “monochromatic” – Opticians to the Rescue – Peter Kokh
Living in the Moon’s “Outback” – its “Farside” – Peter Kokh
Musings About Mars’ Moonlets: Phobos and Deimos – Dave Dietzler

Space Arts, Space participation, The Moon

The ‘Moon Drawings’ project – send your drawing to the lunar surface

May 5, 2015 TopSpacer

The Moon Arts Project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has partnered with the CMU Planetary Robotics Team and Astrobotic Technology team in the Google Lunar XPRIZE to open the Moon Drawings project. It is

an initiative at Carnegie Mellon University to extend the reach of artistic expression to the Moon. Using this web site, you can contribute a drawing—which will be micro-etched on a sapphire disc, sent to the Moon aboard a robotic lander/rover, and potentially traced by the rover into the Moon’s soil. The disc of drawings, contained in a sculpture called the Moon Arts Ark, and generously conveyed to the Moon by our partners at Astrobotic Technology and the CMU Planetary Robotics Team, will be shuttled to the Moon from Cape Kennedy in 2016 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will remain there for potentially millions of years.

Go to Make a Moon Drawing where you can try your hand at drawing something compelling with a continuous line of no more than 1000 points.

Space Systems, SpaceCasts, The Moon

Video: TMRO 8.12 – Astrobotic CEO John Thornton

April 23, 2015 TopSpacer

The most recent TMRO live show featured an interview with John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic, a private lunar exploration company and a competitor in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition:

Space Science, The Moon

Hi-Res image and topographic maps of the Moon from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

April 16, 2015 TopSpacer

The US Geological Service has released two high resolution maps of the Moon based on data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO):

The image map is created from a mosaic of images taken by the LRO’s Wide Angle Camera (WAC).

All named features greater than 85 km in diameter or length were included unless they were not visible on the map. Some selected well-known features less than 85 km in size were also included.