Collaborate Disseminate
Ars Technica’s John Timmer reports: [T]he International Astronomical Union has a resolution that calls for a “Lunar Celestial Reference System” and “Lunar Coordinate Time” to handle things there. On Monday, two researchers at the National institute of … Continue reading Researchers Figure Out How To Keep Clocks On the Earth, Moon In Sync
There’s something inspiring about echos. Who among us hasn’t called out or clapped hands in a large space just to hear the sound reflected back? Radio takes this to a …read more Continue reading Moonbounce Music
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Thousands of scientists have protested to the US Congress over the “unprecedented and indefensible” decision by Nasa to cancel its Viper lunar rover mission. In an open letter to Capitol Hill,… Continue reading Scientists Slam ‘Indefensible’ Axing of NASA’s $450 Million Viper Moon Rover
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Thousands of scientists have protested to the US Congress over the “unprecedented and indefensible” decision by Nasa to cancel its Viper lunar rover mission. In an open letter to Capitol Hill,… Continue reading Scientists Slam ‘Indefensible’ Axing of NASA’s $450 Million Viper Moon Rover
Chinese scientists discovered water molecules in lunar samples brought back by the Chang’e 5 moon probe, marking the first time whole H2O molecules were found in lunar material. The findings have been published in Nature Astronomy. Smithsonian Magazine… Continue reading Scientists Find Water Molecules in Lunar Rock Sample for the First Time
When you live on the Moon, your only option for commuting back to Earth or onward to Mars will be some kind of rocket. But each launch will kick up a hellstorm of debris. Building walls to contain all that mess might one day fall to autonomous rovers.C… Continue reading Wall-building robot eyed for blast shield construction on the Moon
Scientists studying lunar samples brought back by the Apollo missions have determined that the moon’s thin atmosphere is produced largely by meteorite impacts. “Our findings provide a clearer picture of how the moon’s surface and atmosphere interact ov… Continue reading Meteorite Impacts Produce Most of Moon’s Thin Atmosphere, Study Reveals
Chang’e 5 touched down on the Moon in December 2020, where it scooped up a sample of the lunar regolith and returned it to Earth a few weeks later, marking the first successful lunar retrieval mission since 1976. Analysis turned up traces of water and the youngest known Moon rocks so far.
Rolls-Royce has received an additional £4.8 million (US$6.2 million) in funding from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to develop key technology for a nuclear micro-reactor that could one day power lunar bases and spacecraft propulsion.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Rolls-Royce gets $6M to develop its ambitious nuclear space reactor
If you’ve wondered where future Moon explorers will live, it may be in natural caves deep beneath the lunar crust. Radar data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter confirms that giant lava tubes lead to tunnels large enough to house entire bases.Con… Continue reading Massive lunar cavern: Prime real estate for an underground Moon base