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WindBourne writes: Newt Gingrich and an eclectic band of NASA skeptics are trying to sell President Donald Trump on a reality show-style plan to jump-start the return of humans to the moon — at a fraction of the space agency’s estimated price tag. The… Continue reading Newt Gingrich Trying To Sell Trump on a Cheap Moon Plan
On July 22nd, India launched an ambitious mission to simultaneously deliver an orbiter, lander, and rover to the Moon. Launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on a domestically-built GSLV Mk III rocket, Chandrayaan-2 is expected to enter lunar orbit on August 20th. If everything goes well, the mission’s lander …read more
Continue reading India Launched a Moon Orbiter, Lander, and Rover All In One Shot with Chandrayaan-2
Tardigrades, the microsopic water-dwelling animals that can survive almost any environment, may be on the moon thanks to an Israeli spacecraft called Beresheet. The spacecraft was carrying thousands of dehydrated tardigrades (among other cargo) when it… Continue reading Tardigrades Are Now On the Moon Thanks To a Crashed Israeli Spacecraft
An ambitious but ultimately doomed mission to land the first private spacecraft on the Moon may not be without entirely without scientific consequence. Among the many items onboard Israel’s ill-fated Beresheet lunar lander were thousands and … Continue reading Indestructible tardigrades thought to have lived through crash-landing on the Moon
It’s been fifty years since man first landed on the Moon, but despite all the incredible advancements in technology since Armstrong made that iconic first small step, we’ve yet to reach any farther into deep space than we did during the Apollo program. The giant leap that many assumed would …read more
Continue reading Why Spacecraft of the Future will be Extruded
Earth’s poles are famously icy places, but they’re far from alone in that regard. The poles of other planets and moons are often the best places to look for ice, and now a new analysis of NASA data has found evidence of much more water ice on… Continue reading More water ice could be hiding at the dark poles of Mercury and the Moon
NASA needed a small and lightweight computer to send humans on their journey to the Moon and back, but computers of the day were made out of discrete components that were heavy, large, complicated, and unreliable. None of which are good qualities for spaceflight. The agency’s decision to ultimately trust …read more
Continue reading Apollo Guidance Computer Saved From The Scrap Yard
NASA is huge, and with an annual budget of US$21.5 billion, over 17,000 employees and who knows how many geniuses, you’d think it could pretty much solve any sciencey spacey problem. But no. The space agency not only needs outside help, it en… Continue reading NASA announces 19 public-private partnerships to accelerate Moon and Mars programs
davidwr writes: Two days after the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, the journal Nature Geoscience published a paper claiming there may be “thick ice deposits inside permanently shadowed simple craters” on the moon. The paper compares craters… Continue reading Study Suggests Much More Water On the Moon Than Thought
Humans first walked on the moon 50 years ago, yet there are some people who don’t think it happened. This story is not about them. It turns out there was another great conspiracy theory involving a well-known astronomer, unicorns, and humanoids with bat wings. This one came 134 years before …read more