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Send the ISS To the Moon

Michael Benson is proposing that NASA send the ISS to the moon instead of leaving it in low earth orbit. (While we're at it, we should re-brand it as the 'International Space Ship.') He points out that it's already designed to be moved periodically to higher orbits so instead of just boosting it a few miles, strap on some ion engines and put it in orbit around the moon instead of the earth. That would provide an initial base for the astronauts going to the moon and give the ISS a purpose other than performing yet more studies on the effect of micro gravity on humans. Benson concludes: 'Let's begin the process of turning the ISS from an Earth-orbiting caterpillar into an interplanetary butterfly.

Witness This: A Lunar Eclipse

"Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow..." A videographer catches a breathtaking lunar eclipse from British Columbia, Canada.

Engineers unveil China moon rover

Unlike the solar-rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used by the US space agency's (Nasa) Mars rovers, the Chinese model will eventually run on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Such devices convert heat from a radioactive source into electricity.

NASA Plans Permanent Base on the Moon

Interesting question here: The fear is that the Moon, which is now viewed as a means to get beyond the Moon, will become its own destination, for hundreds of years. The easy way to go to the Moon is the hard way to go to Mars." So says Howard McCurdy, a NASA expert at American University.

Destination Is the Space Station, But Many Experts Ask What For

Another chapter in the decline of the influence of science in government.

Orrin Hatch's song for Reverend Moon

The evil old senile Senator from Utah not only does Rev. Moon's bidding on the Hill, but actually wrote a song commemorating the burial of a Christian cross.

Moon Chemistry Confirms Violent Origin

The European Space Agency's lunar-orbiting craft called SMART-1 has completed the first detailed chemical mapping of the lunar surface. The detected chemicals, such as calcium and magnesium, give a boost to the longstanding theory that the Moon formed from the debris flung into space after a collision between early Earth and a Mars-size planet.

The Moon-Bush Cash Conduit

An in-depth look at the Bush family's ties to South Korean theocrat Sun Myung Moon.

Looking for aliens on the Moon

This is not a primary reason to go back to the Moon there are very strong scientific reasons for going back. But if we go back to the Moon in the next 20 or 30 years, then amongst those things we might like to keep our eyes open for are alien artefacts, said Ian Crawford, a researcher from University of London s Birkbeck College in the UK.

Moonquakes

The moon is seismically active. There are at least four different kinds of moonquakes. The first three were generally mild and harmless. Shallow moonquakes on the other hand were doozies.