MyMoon Blog

NASA and MyMoon have teamed up to blog about everything lunar. Art, literature, music, movies, science, and everything in between!

A SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE

The Institute's Dr. Paul Spudis recounts a recent, chilling argument over ice at the lunar poles. ...

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Commercial Space

THE BIG DEAL: BIGELOW AND SPACEX JOIN FORCES ON INFLATABLE SPACE STATIONS

Looks like inflatable space stations are for real. Bigelow Aerospace, famous for their inflatable space stations concept, has formed an alliance with private launch pioneers SpaceX to bring passengers to Bigelow’s private stations. Yes, privately owned space stations. Welcome ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: COMMERCIAL VS. GOVERNMENT

Welcome to this week's Topic of the Week! And, it's a bit of a hot button... Back in 2011, NASA's Constellation program was cancelled in favor of investment in private space efforts: ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

A MATTER OF SPACE, TIME AND PROVINCIALISM

Confronting the (even eventual) truth of extra terrestrial societies in this galaxy. ~~~~~ An essay on our own extra-terrestrial activities and new data pointing towards a day when we allow for such achievements to have originated on other worlds perhaps from other races as well. ~~~~~ Do extra-terrestrial civilizations exist ? Yep. Us for one. Do they exist today ? Maybe, it depends on how ...

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Luna Chuck

CHUCK’S TRAVELS: THE JOURNEY BEGINS…

Life in Houston isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be … don’t get me wrong, I love the Lunar and Planetary Institute and all of my nutty friends there, but sometimes… I just need to stretch my legs and escape to new climates! After all, having only two seasons: HOT and REALLY HOT gets old after a while. So, last month my peeps at MyMoon sent me out on assignment. It may just be their way ...

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Politics of the Moon and Beyond

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: OWNERSHIP OF THE MOON?

Last week, the Planetary Resources company was unveiled, with a plan to mine asteroids. While many have come up with similar ideas before, there really have never been plans that have been considered as throughly as the ones that Planetary Resources has been developing. ...

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Arts & Entertainment

"SAIL!" TO THE MOON? A LOOK AT AWOLNATION'S LUNAR LOVE

A great new band has been on the rise of late---AWOLNATION. And they’ve been bringing a lot of lunar love with them...and I do mean a lot! With a sound that I’d describe as “If David Bowie and Linkin Park threw a populist dance party together”, the project of Aaron Bruno has turned out an amazing album and lot of success as a result. I caught Bruno & Co. live in Eugene, OR a few ...

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Commercial Space

THE TOP FIVE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD GO TO THE MOON

With Ashton Kutcher now officially slated to be the 500th passenger on Virgin Galactic’s space tourism flights, it’s got me thinking about the true frontier in space lux travel...the Moon! While spending five minutes weightless in kind-of-space sounds fabulous, walking on the moon is the true adventurer’s dream. And it’ll be happening soon, at this rate. So, who should go? We’ll be debating the ...

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Student Opportunities

WHAT I AM?

hi this is Aakash Mishra from India, i am an engineering sophomore(mechanical), but greatly interested in astrophysics and cosmology. I am participating in nasa's third lunarbotics competition and i love discussion over these topics i.e i am here :)

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Lunar Exploration and Engineering

THE EMERGING UEPS ( UNIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SYSTEM )

Unencumbered Amid an Infinite Expanse~~~ Impenetrable Depths ~~~ Spacesuits are the futuristic pinnacle of various streams of development in the area of human ....................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... ...

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Lunar Science and Mission News

FACING THE MOON

It has long been believed by scientists to be a pure coincidence that a single side of the Moon faces the Earth. However, recent research carried out by astronomers suggests that there is actually a reason for how things have turned out. You have likely noticed that the Moon always appears the same to us on the Earth. We only get to see one side of the Moon from the Earth. This is because the ...

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COMMUNITY BLOGGERS:
THE BIG DEAL: BIGELOW AND SPACEX JOIN FORCES ON INFLATABLE SPACE STATIONS

Looks like inflatable space stations are for real. Bigelow Aerospace, famous for their inflatable space stations concept, has ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: COMMERCIAL VS. GOVERNMENT

Welcome to this week's Topic of the Week! And, it's a bit of a hot button... Back in 2011, NASA's Constellation program was cancelled in favor of investment in private space efforts: ...

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A MATTER OF SPACE, TIME AND PROVINCIALISM

Confronting the (even eventual) truth of extra terrestrial societies in this galaxy. ~~~~~ An essay on our own extra-terrestrial activities and new data pointing towards a day when we allow for such ...

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CHUCK’S TRAVELS: THE JOURNEY BEGINS…

Life in Houston isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be … don’t get me wrong, I love the Lunar and Planetary Institute and all of my nutty friends there, but sometimes… I just need to stretch my ...

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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: OWNERSHIP OF THE MOON?

Last week, the Planetary Resources company was unveiled, with a plan to ...

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