Space focus shifts back toward moon

upi.com     Jul 23, 2008            

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., July 22 (UPI) -- Hundreds of scientists are meeting this week in California as part of the celebration of the 39th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. The Lunar Science Conference at NASA Ames Research Center, which runs through Wednesday, was designed to give scientists an opportunity to review the state of knowledge of the moon, the evolution of the solar system, effects of the lunar environment on humans and robots, and opportunities for using the moon as a platform for performing scientific investigations, NASA said in a news release. "We're revitalizing the lunar community because we want to do more than just bring back more moon rocks," NASA scientist Christopher P. McKay told the San Francisco... [read full story]                    

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Evidence of Water Discovered on the Moon

dailytech.com     Jul 20, 2008          

Michael Barkoviak - July 20, 2008 2:39 PM View from the moon to the Earth (Source: NASA) It's official ... the moon does have water! A team led by Brown University's Alberto Saal analyzed pebbles from lunar volcanic glasses...                    

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Evidence of Water Discovered on the Moon

anandtech.com     Jul 20, 2008          

Michael Barkoviak - July 20, 2008 2:39 PM View from the moon to the Earth (Source: NASA) It's official ... the moon does have water! A team led by Brown University's Alberto Saal analyzed pebbles from lunar volcanic glasses...                    

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39 Years After the Eagle Landed, Scientists Plan Next Moonshot

redorbit.com     Jul 21, 2008          

Posted on: Monday, 21 July 2008, 00:00 CDT SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Thirty-nine years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed!" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA on Sunday turned its eyes toward the moon, gazing...                    

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Scientists Plan Next Moonshot

redorbit.com     Jul 21, 2008          

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Thirty-nine years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed!" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA on Sunday turned its eyes toward the moon, gazing both forward and backward in time.                    

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We're going back, and this time we're going to stay - NASA

digg.com     Jul 21, 2008          

THIRTY-NINE years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed!" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA has turned its eyes toward the moon, gazing both forward and backward in time. For the next three days, Silicon...                    

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MercuryNews: Scientists map return to moon

go.com     Jul 21, 2008          

Paul Espinosa and his daughter, Valentina, 3, of Belmont try out 3-D glasses at NASA/Ames Research Center on Sunday. Thirty-nine years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed" from the Sea of Tranquility,...                    

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NASA/Ames scientists map our return to the moon

nowpublic.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Thirty-nine years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA on Sunday turned its eyes toward the moon, gazing both forward and backward in time. For the next three days,...                    

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Man aims to revisit the Moon, this time to stay

malaysiasun.com     Jul 22, 2008          

London, July 22 : Man may soon return to the moon, with the focus being to establish a permanent presence there, using it as a training platform for missions to Mars and beyond. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph,...                    

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The moon is not enough

malaysiasun.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Scientists argue for a return to the lunar surface Published Tuesday 22nd July 2008 11:02 GMT Nail down your security priorities. NASA and its international aeronautical cohorts have some serious explaining to do before they...                    

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GPS on the moon

tgdaily.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Researchers at Ohio State University have been commissioned by NASA to provide a GPS like system for astronauts on the moon. NASA is planning to get its astronauts on the lunar surface by 2020. They know where the moon is, but...                    

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