The Moon apparently also has water deep beneath the surface: Moon Water Discovery Hints at Mystery Source Deep Underground – Space.com
Category Archives: The Moon
A 4-leaf clover, golf balls, a falcon feather and other items on the Moon
Here’s a list of unusual artifacts on the Moon (and a map of their locations) : There’s a four-leaf clover on the Moon! – Moon Zoo
Video: Recovering 1960s lunar images at McMoon’s
In this Bloomberg BusinessWeek video, Dennis Wingo describes the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project carried out in the old McDonald’s restaurant (renamed McMoon’s) on the NASA Ames Research Center site. The goal is recover images of the surface of the Moon made by the first orbiters in the 1966-67 time frame and recorded on ancient magnetic tapes: Abandoned McDonald’s Holds Glimpse of Life on Moon – Businessweek
Interviews: Doug Plata and Lunar COTS + Joel Achenbach and asteroid capture
Moonandback has posted two parts of an interview with Dr. Doug Plata, who is an advocate of a Lunar COTS program. With Lunar COTS, NASA would encourage faster, less expensive lunar development by buying commercial hardware and services in a manner similar to the successful COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation System) program for cargo delivery to the International Space Station:
- “Doug Plata answers the question about how people can get involved in the Lunar COTS petition, talks about why he’s involved in this project and offers advice on what others can do” : Doug Plata – Activism Will Get Us There – Moonandback
- “Doug Plata continues to examine details of the Lunar COTS program, discusses potential off-world health issues, the potential for genetic mutation, and the need for stepped-up research on different gravity health implications” : Doug Plata – Off-World Health Issues – Moonandback
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In this PBS NewsHour interview, Washington Post science reporter Joel Achenbach talks about NASA’s proposed project to capture a small asteroid and about the budget and policy problems the agency is having: Facing Budget Battles, NASA Still Aims High With Asteroid Capture Mission – PBS NewsHour -Aug. 19, 2013
He is writing a series about the agency’s problems, e.g. on Sunday he had this long front page article:
- NASA’s mission improbable – The Washington Post
- Kennedy Space Center in the post-shuttle era – The Washington Post – Gallery of pictures
Watch Still Aims High in Asteroid Capture Mission Despite Budget on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
Google Lunar X PRIZE update
Here’s an report on the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition: Doing Impossible Things: 2013 Google Lunar XPRIZE Team Summit – Google Lunar XPRIZE
http://youtu.be/zPSXBwPXXbU