To many casual observers, the Moon Society and its website may seem to be in a state of suspended animation. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, there are web pages that might need updating, and please do us a favor and call our attention to that so we can promptly correct our […]
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Happy Space Settlement Blog Day!
July 20th 2009 is the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. July 20th is also Space Exploration Day. After 40 years of space exploration it is time to begin space settlement. In order to honor all who risked their lives for space exploration and all who are dedicated to opening the new era […]
Dear NASA, Its Luna Or Nothing! (And That Includes Mars Too!)
For those of you who are unable to spend half their lives in the blogosphere (or on Twitter), you might have come across the frenzied response to NASA’s acting administrator’s suggestion that the US should skip a lunar base and instead focus on the red planet and a few space rocks dancing around Sun. While […]
Did Somebody Say Moon Quakes?
First there were earthquakes. Then there were sunquakes. Now it seems as if Earth’s little sister may have caught “the shakes” which could threaten future lunar settlements. (NASA) There are at least four different kinds of moonquakes: (1) deep moonquakes about 700 km below the surface, probably caused by tides; (2) vibrations from the impact […]
Keeping Your Moon Base Dust Free (Without Hiring Martha Stewart)
Despite its beautiful, “crispy” appearance, lunar dust can be a nuisance to both man and machine, clogging gears and irritating lungs. Now it looks as if scientists have developed an innovative way of removing these pesky particles without the need of hiring a professional lunar duster. (New Scientist) To solve the problem, Clark’s team is […]
Calling all Bloggers!
At the January 21st Management Council meeting, it was decided to do something with our blog. This blog was created to handle daily news from our simulation crew at the Mars Desert Research Station, Feb 26-Mar 11, 2006. After the simulation was over, I tried to keep it going and for a time I was […]
Moon Society input to the Obama Transition Team on Space
At its January 14th meeting, the Moon Society Management Council, mindful that different members have different ideas about how the nation’s space program could be better run and better targeted, has not as yet officially endorsed either of two position papers put together separately by Director of Project Development David A. Dunlop and by Chair […]
Introducing Moon Miners’ Manifesto’s India Quarerly
November 18, 2008 – With the successful launch and arrival in lunar orbit of Chandrayaan-1, India has become the latest member of the “Lunar Club.” For the Moon Society, India is a most fertile ground in which to spread the Society’s international presence. India has the largest English-speaking population of any country in the world. […]
Introducing Moonbeams, our new free access Science Fiction Publication
Link: http://strabo.moonsociety.org/publications/fiction/ Above: Cover of Introductory Issue The Historic Role of Science Fiction Science-Fiction has played a strong role in fostering an interest in Space Exploration, Settlement, and Travel. As far back as the earliest days of NASA and the Apollo program, many NASA personnel and future astronauts have admitted that their individual early interest […]
Society Gears up for More Action with Project Teams
From Society President Peter Kokh August 16, 2008 At the August 6th Management Council meeting in the moon-leaders room of the ASI-MOO online chat-room environment, in discussing recent major member-ship growth, the effect of aggressively pursued carefully thought out projects took center stage. In the past two years, two projects in particular absorbed the lion’s […]