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Soviet find of water on the Moon in the 1970s ignored by the West

(Phys.org) -- In August 1976 Luna 24 landed on the moon and returned to Earth with samples of rocks, which were found to contain water, but this finding was ignored by scientists in the West.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Russia sets its sights on the moon for 2020

Looks like Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich might have some competition if he wants to be the first to build a base on the Moon. Last week, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos announced plans to ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Experts say Gingrich moon base dreams not lunacy

(AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. There's his grand research plan to figure out what makes the human brain tick. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 52

Russia opens talks with NASA and ESA with plans for manned lunar base

On January 19, 2012, Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency began talking to the United States and Europe about the stuff dreams are made of... a manned research base on the Moon.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 16

Paul Spudis' plan for a sustainable and affordable lunar base

It’s long been a dream to have a human settlement on the Moon, but in this age of budget cuts and indecisive plans for NASA’s future, a Moon base may seem too costly and beyond our reach. However, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 166

Aquarius to illuminate links between salt, climate

When NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius instrument ascends to the heavens this June, the moon above its launch site at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base won't be in the seventh house, and Jupiter's latest alignment ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan experts call for robot expedition to moon

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.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Japan plans to build robot moon base by 2020

(PhysOrg.com) -- Believing that a moon base is essential for exploration of the solar system, Japan has recently announced plans to send humanoid robots to the moon to construct a robot lunar base. As part ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (48) | comments 77 | with audio podcast weblog

3D printer could build moon bases

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Italian inventor, Enrico Dini, chairman of the company Monolite UK Ltd, has developed a huge three-dimensional printer called D-Shape that can print entire buildings out of sand and an ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (59) | comments 48 | with audio podcast weblog

Electronic Nose to Return from Space Station (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists Make Oxygen Out of Moon Rock

(PhysOrg.com) -- If humans ever create a lunar base, one of the biggest challenges will be figuring out how to breathe. Transporting oxygen to the moon is extremely expensive, so for the past several years ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (38) | comments 21 weblog