China’s Long March to the Moon - MyMoon
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CHINA’S LONG MARCH TO THE MOON
I've been a bit behind in linking to LPI scientist Paul Spudis' blog entries. Here is a post from January regarding Chinese ambitions for lunar exploration.
Controversy quickly followed astonishment with the recent release of a white paper outlining China’s intentions in space. Sparking particular buzz from the Internet was a statement about human lunar missions being an objective for future Chinese space efforts. That statement drew comment ranging from sophisticated to simplistic, yet in my opinion, most of the discussion to date neglects the essential point of what this means to humanity’s future in space. Read more.
Monday Feb-13-2012
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MOON'S LUMPY GRAVITY EXPLAINED
In a recent article published on space.com, researchers discuss what causes the lumpy gravity of the Moon. As many people may know, the Moon has an odd gravity field. For example, one perturbation ...
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TITAN: WHERE METHANE FLOWS LIKE WATER!
Our Moon isn’t the only interesting natural satellite in our solar system. It turns out that there are a large number of fascinating ...Read More Comments [2]
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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT THE MOON?
The Moon ain't what it used to be. People gush about asteroids, Mars, Jovian moons, exoplanets...but it feels like if you bring up the Moon, you mostly just get either a blank or a 'meh'. When ...
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ASTRONOMY DAY AND STARGAZING WITH THE MOON
Today is Astronomy Day, and one of the best ways to celebrate is by going out and doing some stargazing. And one of the best ways to get started with stargazing is to use the Moon as a guide and ...
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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: LIFE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
The mission of the Kepler Project is to discover habitable planets orbiting other stars. However, many of these planets are light years away and unreachable by humans with our current technology. So ...
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Dennis M J M.
Tuesday Feb-14-2012
why does china seem to get all the good space press now-a-days while we seem to be fighting tooth and nail just to keep from having every program cut ? Drats! Hopefully Richard or Elon get there first... or we all start playing together ;p