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Don't Get Your Hopes Up for a City on the Moon
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (1155+ words) Bezos said we should move heavy industry to the Moon. Musk says we'll have sustainable lunar cities. We know there's ancient water ice in craters on the Moon's poles, but there's not enough water to support a city....
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to discuss their return from ISS on September 16: Here’s where to watch live
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (209+ words) NASA has planned a news conference on Wednesday, September 16, featuring the SpaceX Crew-12 mission astronauts currently residing in the International Space Station (ISS). The conference will see the four members of Crew-12 join from the orbital lab to recap their…...
Moon has water for future cities, but it could get a bit grubby
18+ hour, 21+ 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
19+ hour, 35+ 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.
22+ hour, 47+ min 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
1+ day, 36+ 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!
1+ day, 6+ hour 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
1+ day, 1+ hour 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 -
1+ day, 3+ hour 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
1+ day, 3+ hour 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…...