There is now a direct link on the Moon Society front page to Lunar Enterprise Daily, an online report on moon-relevant space developments published at 12:00 Hawaii Standard Time for the following day’s edition every business day, that is, five days a week, barring holidays. LED’s inaugural issue was November 4, 1999. It was originally […]
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Moon Society hails very successful conclusion of SMART-1 mission
SMART-1, less the fuel it consumed on its lazy corkscrew path to the Moon by ion drive, weighed only 300 some kilos. Of that 19 kilos comprised the set of seven instruments, some flown for the very first time, that would add invaluable new data mapping the Moon’s surface for key elements, notably calcium, and […]
Modular Construction within Shielded Megastructures
Link: http://www.moonsociety.org/2003-pcsn/15-megamodularity.html “Modularity Inside Megastructures” is the current “feature image” posted August 30th to the Society front page, top center. Modular Construction within Shielded Megastructures will be quite different from building individually pressurized modules, whether they are to be each individually shielded, or housed together under a shielded but unpressurized canopy or hanger or lavatube. […]
Of 8 Planets vs. 28 Worlds & Counting
Or on demoting the Gas Giants, reinstating Pluto, adding major moons Okay, you can see the astronomer’s point of view. But from “a truly human point of view”, most of us are interested in places that can be imagined as “worlds, theaters for human life”, even if the living conditions are much, much less comfortable […]
The Solar System becomes a Gated Community
Today, August 24th, will go down in astronomical history as the day little, but still fascinating, Pluto and its three moons got kicked out of a now Gated Community. The Gate & Fence is a definition chosen to exclude any world that does not fit the pre-1930 demographics of the Solar Club. To do this, […]
Five Months after the Artemis Moonbase Simulation
Five months after our 1st Moonbase Exercise ended in Utah, what do we do, where do we do it, and just how do we “follow suite?” from Peter Kokh, Commander MDRS Crew #45, ”Artemis Moonbase I” https://web.archive.org/web/20071024173532/http://www.marssociety.org/MDRS/fs05/crew45/ We had a great crew for Artemis Moonbase 1, M.D.R.S. crew #45. We had an excellent first selection […]
Design a Banner for our Website Front Page
Design a Banner for our Website Front Page and win a Free Membership or Renewal NOTE: Our Banner Contest has ended. There were no entries that met our design requirements. May 3, 2006 – The Moon Society Leadership Council has given its support to a design competition that could produce a Banner for the Moon […]
Powerpoint Slide Show of Artemis Moonbase Sim
Link: http://strabo.moonsociety.org/moonbasesim/moonbasesimone_multimedia.html During our recent Artemis Moonbase Simulation exercises at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, it was Gerry Williams of Mars Society San Diego who was the voice of CapCom for about half of the two-week mission. Now Gerry has taken a pick of the photos taken during the mission and put together […]
Help us redesign the Moon Society Website
Three years ago, member John Schrock led an effort to redesign the Moon Society front page at http://www.moonsociety.org It was a welcome improvement. In the past year and a half, we have added more menu options and features. But whether it is a matter of layout, color, or content, “what’s new” doesn’t jump out at […]
The View from 3 Weeks after Mission’s End
The View from 3 Weeks after Mission’s End By Mission Commander, Peter Kokh Filed April 5, 2006 Artemis Moonbase Sim 1 (MDRS Crew 45) February 26-March 11, 2006 First, deep apologies from all of us on the Artemis Moonbase Sim 1 Crew. We got this blog up and running with every intention of submitting personalized […]