Posted by Chris Radcliff in Mars Society, Moon Society, News on July 13, 2009
I love it when good projects come together. Google Lunar X Prize team Omega Envoy has been demonstrating their latest Moon rover prototype at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS), operated by the Mars Society.
The initial demonstration was to remotely control the rover from Omega Envoy Headquarters in Orlando, Fl., take images of the crew hab, and stream the coverage live from mission control as well as the video from the rover feed. This was just the first of many more demonstrations the team plans to complete before the expedition concludes at the end of July.
So if you’re following along on your NewSpace Bingo card, mark off the “private Moon mission”, “human Mars mission”, and “Earth analog” squares. Thanks for playing!
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Calendar, Moon Society on June 11, 2009
Mon, Jul 6, 2009
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location:
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center (map)
1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA
As the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission approaches, Dr. Philip Blanco will be at the Fleet Science Center for an inspiring presentation with restored archival footage from the Apollo missions and lunar demonstrations.
Included with paid admission. Lecture takes place in the William & Grayson Boehm Community Forum.
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Moon Society, Projects on May 12, 2009
The Moon Society is trying out a new online science fiction magazine, Moonbeams. The third issue has been posted, and it’s free to read (and to share):
Moonbeams is a new quarterly publication of the Moon Society, introduced last fall. In electronic form only – as a downloadable pdf file – Moonbeams is a science fiction rag, specializing in realistic (no fantasy – no wish-it-were-so physics) near space frontier tales.
The function of Moonbeams is both to expand the vision of our own members, and to draw interested visitors into the Society. Anyone downloading an issue of Moonbeams may freely circulate it to others. Indeed, we encourage you to do so!
Take a look, and post your review in the comments. They’re also calling for submissions, so it might be a good time to revisit that near-future space exploration story you’ve always wanted to write.
Posted by Chris Radcliff in Calendar, Moon Society on April 20, 2009
Thu, Apr 30, 2009
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location:
Grossmont College, Building 51, room 575 (map)
8800 Grossmont College Dr, El Cajon, CA
Dr. David Schrunk of the San Diego Moon Society will give a 1-hour lecture on the “Planet Moon Project” at Grossmont College.
Dr. Schrunk is lead author of “The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement” (2007), which has been praised as “a handbook describing what must be done to return to the Moon, build permanent bases, and use them as a springboard for economic development”. (more…)
