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Digging the Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
11/20/05 |
| Summary: November 14th was the 36th anniversary of Apollo 12, the second manned lunar landing. NASA announced that it has assigned management of its Robotic Lunar Exploration Program to NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. |
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EANA Budapest Blog
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
11/14/05 |
| Summary: The European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) brings various voices to discuss astrobiology issues and missions. Scientists from the 17 member nations recently met in Budapest, Hungary. This blog by Astrobiology Magazine's Leslie Mullen provides an overview of the workshop. |
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Hubble Frames the Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
10/22/05 |
| Summary: NASA is using the unique capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope for a new class of scientific observations of the Earth's moon. |
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Weighing the Benefits of the I-suit
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
10/20/05 |
| Summary: Considering that space suits can weigh upwards of 200 pounds, you'd think that the lighter the suit, the easier it would be to work in. Not necessarily so, says geologist Dean Eppler. In this interview he explains why other factors can be more important than weight. |
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Making a List, Checking It Twice
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
10/13/05 |
| Summary: When you're on the moon, trying to fix some broken equipment, you don't want to waste time fumbling around in oversized gloves trying to read the instruction manual. NASA's solution: make the operations checklist electronic, and mount a display inside an astronaut's helmet. Geologist Dean Eppler, who recently tested just such a system (albeit on Earth), says it works pretty well. |
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Learning to Work in the Suit
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
10/10/05 |
| Summary: What's it like to walk around on Mars in a space suit? No-one knows for sure. But geologist Dean Eppler has come as close as anyone. In this interview, he talks about his experience working in the Mark III experimental suit, as part of this year's Desert RATS field season. |
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Magnificent Desolation
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
09/27/05 |
| Summary: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For a desolation to be beautiful, there must be something special. Just after Dr. Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon, Neil Armstrong asked him what were his thoughts. He replied, "it's a magnificent desolation". |
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Not Your Average Moonshot
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
09/21/05 |
| Summary: By the end of the next decade, NASA has plans for a new human presence on the moon. Will the next grand challenge be maintaining a lunar outpost? |
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Moondust
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/15/05 |
| Summary: The new book "Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth" shows how the Apollo program changed the lives of the astronauts who walked on the Moon. This leap to another world also colored our perception of what it means to be stuck on Earth. |
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Tulips on the Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
06/27/05 |
| Summary: Bernard Foing, Project Scientist for the lunar satellite SMART-1, discusses the steps we need to take to develop bases on the Moon. Growing flowers is one step towards making the lunar desert an oasis for human life. |
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