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Moon Capital: A Commercial Gateway To The MoonWashington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2010 On 21 September 2010, the Moon Capital Competition will accept entries for the architectural design of an international and commercial lunar habitation. The prime sponsors of the competition who are putting up the prize money are: The Boston Society of Architects (American Institute of Architects) and The New England Council of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Other sponsors include: Draper Laboratory, Google Lunar X Prize, AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee, and The ... read more |
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Russia To Launch Moon Probe In 2012
Razvilka, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 05, 2010Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will launch a probe bearing a neutron generator to study the moon's surface in 2012, a leading space researcher said on Tuesday. "Roscosmos plans to send to the moon a spacecraft bearing a neutron generator developed by our institute to study lunar surface," said Yevgeny Bogolyubov, deputy chief designer of the Automation Engineering Scientific Resea ... more Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, to turn 80
Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2010Neil Armstrong, who turns 80 on Thursday, became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, before the eyes of hundreds of millions of television viewers worldwide, who gazed in awe. With one small step off a ladder, Armstrong placed mankind's first footprint on an extraterrestrial world and gained instant hero status. His first words upon stepping on the lunar surface hav ... more Cassini Helps With Dune Whodunit
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2010The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn's moon Titan did turn out to be blowing in the wind. It just wasn't from the direction many scientists expected. Basic principles describing the rotation of planetary atmospheres and data from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe led to circulation models that showed surface winds streaming generally east-to-west around Titan's equa ... more |
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Japan experts call for robot expedition to moonTokyo, Japan (AFP) July 29, 2010 An expert panel advising the Japanese government called in a report approved on Thursday for the nation to send a wheeled robot to the moon in five years and to build the first lunar base by 2020. "It is extremely important to probe the moon... as we now see the dawn of the age of great exploration in the solar system," the report formally adopted by the panel on Thursday said. "China, India and other countries are aiming to probe the moon. If Japan's activity is delayed, it will become difficul ... read more |
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