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Moon has water for future cities, but it could get a bit grubby
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (67+ words) The Times Moon has water for future cities, but it could get a bit grubby Smaller settlements of about 1,000 people to run factories would allow the lunar water reserves to last far longer than large municipalities £1 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited…...
Luna 2: touched by humans, touches the moon
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (561+ words) After another failed launch in June 1959, the Soviets had their second Cosmic Rocket (later renamed Luna 2) ready in September the same year. If the scientists and researchers of the time were just getting on top of the technology that helped…...
While the Moon’s exposed surface can swing from about 127°C to −173°C over its month-long day-night cycle, orbital measurements and thermal modelling indicate that permanently shaded areas inside some lunar pits remain near 17°C. Caves extending from those pits could provide similarly stable conditions, dramatically reducing the heating and cooling required for a future lunar base.
6+ hour ago (1336+ words) Orbital infrared data and thermal models indicate that deep shade in one prominent lunar pit stays near 17°C, but the estimate is indirect and does not apply to every pit. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September…...
The U.S. Space Academy Is More of a Workforce Bet Than an Astronaut School
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (874+ words) The United States has announced a Space Academy, but nobody can apply to it. There is no campus, budget, course catalogue or opening date. President Donald Trump's executive order creates a commission that has 120 days to design the institution and…...
???Space: The final frontier??? for cataract surgery!
13+ hour, 53+ min ago (539+ words) Intraocular lenses boldly go where none have gone before image: All six flight LALs shared an unresolved surface morphology view more Credit: Dr Morgan Micheletti London, UK: An eye surgeon with a passion for space since childhood predicts that as…...
Interest in science takes SRC student from Armagh to the heart of NASA space programme
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (282+ words) An interest in science has taken one Southern Regional College student from the classroom to Houston Texas and right to the heart of NASA’s space programme. Eighteen-year-old Jack Abbott a level 3 Applied Science student at SRC, was selected to represent…...
Project Horizon - The Army's Moon Base that never was -
10+ hour, 55+ min ago (60+ words) Global Intel Hub — Knoxville, TN — SpaceX is now public and many are wondering what are the realistic expectations for the company to do just sNo visits yet Project Horizon – The Army's Moon Base that never was – Free News - Where voices…...
On this day in space! Sept. 13, 2007: Japan launches Kaguya spacecraft to the moon to map the lunar surface in HD
10+ hour, 49+ min ago (371+ words) Kaguya, named after a moon princess, captured the first-ever HD video and images of the moon. On Sept. 13, 2007, Japan launched the Kaguya spacecraft on a mission to the moon. Formally known as SELENE, which is short for SELenological and ENgineering…...
Why the search for alien life might start in lunar soil
11+ hour, 18+ min ago (565+ words) Futura, le média qui explore le monde Why the search for alien life might start in lunar soil A different kind of technosignature Searching for radio signals assumes alien civilizations are broadcasting at the precise moment humanity is listening. Pinault’s…...
It's not sci-fi??? Trump's new program is straight out of 'Starship Troopers"
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (148+ words) Will it be based on the West Coast or the Gulf South? Sixty-four years ago, John F. Kennedy stood on a football field at Rice University and declared space the new, permanent frontier of human ambition. Fast-forward to today, and President…...