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Mimicking The Moon's Surface In The BasementLos Alamos NM (SPX) Aug 09, 2010 A team of scientists used an ion beam in a basement room at Los Alamos National Laboratory to simulate solar winds on the surface of the Moon. The table-top simulation helped confirm that the Moon is inherently dry. In research published in Science Express, Zachary Sharp of the University of New Mexico and a team of scientists from California, Texas and New Mexico-including Yongqiang Wang, leader of Los Alamos' Ion Beam Materials Lab-present an analysis of chlorine isotopic ratios in lunar rock sa ... read more |
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Boston, Massachusetts (AFP) July 20, 2010Two US men were charged Tuesday with stealing a customs document from Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, with the goal of selling the former astronaut's autograph. The pair, who were charged in Boston federal court, attempted to sell the form Armstrong filled out at the city's Logan International Airport on March 13, legal documents said. Defendant Thomas Chapman, a custo ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2010 U.S. scientists say photos of the moon's surface showing deep holes that may lead to tunnels offer the possibility of underground moon exploration. Huge pits on the moon, some of them hundreds of feet deep, may be openings to underground tunnels form by rivers of lave, SPACE.com reported Thursday. "They could be entrances to a geologic wonderland," researcher Mark Robinson at Ari ... more 
Beijing, China (XNA) Jul 19, 2010China's space agency has set up a committee of 123 leading scientists to consider how the country might apply the vast amount of data acquired by China's first lunar probe. The project had resulted in data about the distribution and content of important elements on the moon, such as uranium, thorium, potassium, aluminum, silicon, iron and titanium, said the State Administration of Science, ... more |
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NASA releases videogame, Moonbase AlphaWashington (AFP) July 6, 2010 NASA has abandoned plans to return to the Moon but videogamers can explore the lunar landscape with a free new online game released by the US space agency. "Moonbase Alpha" allows players to join an exploration team in a futuristic 3D settlement on the south pole of the Moon. "In Moonbase Alpha, you assume the exciting role of an astronaut working to further human expansion and research," NASA said in an explanation of the game. "Returning from a research expedition, you witness a meteorite ... read more |
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