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Flight Log: The First Private Expedition to the Moon websnapr

"The price per seat will slap your wallet or purse for a swift $100 million - but you'll have to get in line as the first voyage is already booked." Damn it - must get rich quickly.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1305

Pondering an Ocean Beneath Titan websnapr

"The apparent detection of low frequency radio waves makes liquid water beneath the surface of the huge Saturnian moon a possibility, according to research led by Fernando Simoes..."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070511_regolith_challenge.html

Regolith Rumble: Stage Set for Moon Dirt Digging Contes ... websnapr

"Six teams from across the country are headed for a rumble in California on Saturday, where $250,000 in NASA prize money awaits the best robotic Moon dirt diggers."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1110

Enceladus: Hot at the Core? websnapr

"So is there an organic-rich mixture below the surface of Enceladus even today? Cassini found hydrocarbon chains in the moon’s plume, which means we can’t rule this scenario out."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/03/05/the-moon-ate-saturn/

The Moon ate Saturn! websnapr

"Via the Lunar Picture of the Day comes this astonishing image from Peter Lawrence, an accomplished astrophotographer..." That is just simply brilliant. Go lookee!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.cnn.com/2007/tech/space/03/06/china.space.reut/index.html?eref=rss_space

China designer: Moonshot possible in 15 years websnapr

"China's leading space vehicle expert predicts the nation will be able to send astronauts to the moon within 15 years, state media reported on Tuesday."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/22/65477.aspx

Bigelow shoots for the moon websnapr

"...the company has set its sights on something much, much bigger: a project to assemble full-blown space villages at a work site between Earth and the moon, then drop them to the lunar surface,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.primidi.com/2007/03/01.html#a1767

NASA's future inflatable lunar base websnapr

"These 12-foot (3.65 meter) diameter inflatable units could be used as building blocks for a future lunar base. Right now, a prototype is tested at NASA's Langley Research Center." Er, aster
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1068

Time ripe to search for life on Europa websnapr

"Life on Jupiter's moon Europa is just as feasible as life on Mars and worthy of NASA's attention, scientists have argued." Unfortunately it's a somewhat bigger distance away, too.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.colonyworlds.com/2007/02/is-moon-beta-test-for-mars.html

Is The Moon A Beta Test For Mars? websnapr

"Before our race decides to muster the courage to populate our solar system, we need to figure out our current strengths and weaknesses, as well as threats to colonizing a world."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/14feb_school.htm

NASA - The Moon is a School for Exploration websnapr

"On the Moon, astronauts can develop and test techniques for building habitats, harvesting resources and operating machinery in low gravity, high vacuum, harsh radiation, pervasive dust and fanta
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070209074148.htm

Saturn's Moon Enceladus Is A 'Cosmic Graffiti Artist' websnapr

"Astronomers [...] have found that Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, is a "cosmic graffiti artist," pelting the surfaces of at least 11 other moons of Saturn with ice particl
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_749.html

Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon With Odd Craters websnapr

It looks like a fungus, or perhaps a giant pumice stone. Via Warren Ellis.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/titanfiles/titanflash12.html

Guided tour of Titan websnapr

If you don't mind a wee bit of Flash, here's a guided tour of Saturn's moon Titan, and all the funky stuff that the Huygens and Cassini found out about it. Not a nice place for a holiday - especially
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/26jan_harshwitness.htm

The Moon is a Harsh Witness websnapr

"With binoculars, examine the rugged face of the Moon. It is pocked with thousands of impact craters from interplanetary asteroids and comets. Ever wonder why Earth, a much bigger target, apparen
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/sundance_2007_b_1.html

Buzz Aldrin interviewed websnapr

Includes stuff about his Mars colonisation/exploration proposals.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10931&feedid=online-news_rss20

Europe targets its own Moon and Mars missions websnapr

"Digging on Mars and drilling on the Moon could become the main aims of Europe's space effort. These were the enticing prospects discussed at a meeting ... about the European Space Agency's explo
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/space/0,72276-0.html?tw=rss.index

Race to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel websnapr

"NASA's planned moon base announced last week could pave the way for deeper space exploration to Mars, but one of the biggest beneficiaries may be the terrestrial energy industry." Oh, great
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/tech/space/12/11/lunar.base.cost.ap/index.html?eref=rss_space

NASA won't put price tag on moon base websnapr

"The U.S. space agency's newly unveiled grand plan for a continually staffed lunar outpost starting around 2024 does not come with a similarly grand price tag. It does not come with a price tag a
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http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2006/12/uh_about_that_b.html

Uh, About That Bold and Daring NASA Moon Colony websnapr

"Whenever the Administration declares that NASA is going to do something stupendously amazing twenty years from now, it's window-dressing for an immediate purge. Here's one. Eliminate Earth plane
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=277

Space Colonization and Existential Risk websnapr

"If all goes well, NASA could have a permanent moon base by 2020. This is hopeful, because it’s a step towards putting our eggs in more than one basket."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/12/04/to-the-moon-alice/

To the Moon, Alice! websnapr

"It’s frustrating to be so lukewarm about the Great Human Adventure in Space, about which I’d much prefer to be enthusiastic. But nothing about the operation inspires confidence, much less wonder
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=297167

UK <3 US: Partners in space? websnapr

"The UK’s possible role in lunar exploration was just one of the subjects discussed today by the new Minister for Science and Innovation, Malcolm Wicks, and Dr Michael Griffin, Head of NASA."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/061115_techwed_moonplans.html

NASA Weighs U.S. Strategy for Moon Exploration websnapr

"NASA is set to roll out next month a U.S. national strategy for lunar exploration, one that outlines both robotic exploration needs and the rationale for sending humans back to the Moon."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061114_reiner_gamma.html

Moon's Magnetic Umbrella Seen as Safe Haven for Explore ... websnapr

"Not only does the magnetic field preserve an unsullied lunar surface but it would partially protect any astronauts strolling beneath - the lunar fields are strong enough to deflect solar wind io
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061007_moon_dust-1.html

Lunar Explorers Face Moon Dust Dilemma websnapr

"Ultra-tiny dust grains can gum up the works of vital hardware on the Moon. And there's also a possible risk to health from gulping in the lunar dust—a toxicological twist to 'bad Moon rising.'&q
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
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