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Using Unprecedented High-Resolution Topography Data From LRO LOLA Instrument, NASA Animator Ernie Wright Reconstructs “Most Influential Environmental Photo Ever Taken” For Earth Day; New Video Includes Original Audio Recording Of Apollo 8 Astronauts; ILOA / Galaxy Forum Suggests Next Culturally-Transformative Image Will Also Be Taken From Moon, Looking Out At Our Expansive Milky Way Home
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Dana Hurley, Planetary Scientist & Co-I On LRO LAMP, Will Present Research On Distribution & Composition Of Volatiles In Lunar Polar Regions At JHU APL On 24 Apr; Combining Data From Neutron Spectroscopy, Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Radar & Impact Ejecta Analysis, Provides A Multi-Dimensional View Of Permanently-Shadowed Regions Of Moon; Surface Frost Becomes Homogenized Within 20 Myr
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IISL President Tanja Masson-Zwaan Weighs In On Multi-World Property Rights Issue After Space Settlement Prize Act Proposal Of Rand Simberg; Masson-Zwaan: No Loophole In ’67 Outer Space Treaty (OST), Article 2 Holds Nations Responsible For Citizens’ Extraterrestrial Activities, Property Rights Not Needed; Simberg: Drafting Of Failed Moon Treaty Is Admission Of Loophole In OST, Opinions Abound Yet Issue Remains Unlitigated
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Rocket City Space Pioneers Team Leader Tim Pickens Gives Candid Report On Mission Progress At Space Access ’12 Conference; Falcon 9 Launch Reserved, Lander Development Projects Advancing; Funding Is Main Challenge, Ride-Share Model To Share Cost With Other SmallSats Yielding Minimal Success; Cooperating With Another Team Is Option; Time Running Out For 2015 Deadlines
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India PRL Researchers Find Evidence Of Relatively Recent Volcanic Activity On Moon Using LRO, Chandrayaan-1 Data; Images Of Tycho Crater Central Peak Show Vents, Lava Channels, Solidified Flows Of Inner Crustal Material, & Large Boulders (120-Meter) Atop Highest Summit; Features Were Made After Creation Of Crater 110M Years Ago; Team Awaits Further Research From Chandrayaan-2, NET 2014
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Space Agencies & Commercial Enterprises Refining Plans For Human Lunar Development; ULA Forms Organization For Human Launches Beyond LEO; Masten Reveals Human Lunar Lander Design; Space Adventures Advancing Circumlunar Mission; China Lunar Exploration Program Progressing; Russia Reinvigorates Push For Moonbase; Human Lunar Presence Ensures Multi-World Species Future
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More Than 500 High School & University Students From 20 US States & 6 Countries Will Participate In The 19th Annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race, April 13-14, In Huntsville AL; Teams Of 6 Students Will Assemble / Race Human-Powered, Collapsible “Proof-Of-Concept” Rovers They Designed, Over 0.8km Lunar-Simulated Course; 3 Teams In Each Division With Fastest Times Win Prizes
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Doug Currie Will Speak On Lunar Laser Ranging Program (LLRP) During LUNAR Webinar Friday, 13 Apr, Noon MDT; Science Results From LLRP Data Using Apollo Reflectors, New Generation Of Lunar Reflectors That Could Be Deployed By GLXP Landers; LLRP Data Facilitates Understanding Of Interior Of Moon, Origin Of Solar System Bodies, Inconsistency Between General Relativity & Quantum Mechanics
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Russian Academy Of Sciences Space Research Institute Director Lev Zelyony Says Luna-Glob Mission To Land On South Pole In 2015; Zelyony Announces Mission To Be Followed In 2016 By Orbiter, 2017 By Unmanned Heavy Spacecraft Carrying 2 Landers, “Moon Will Be In The Focus Of Our Activity This Decade”; Russia Also Collaborating With India On Chandrayaan-2 Mission
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Gemini Program May Be More Efficient Model For Human Lunar Return Than Apollo; Many People In NASA Including Captain Pete Conrad & Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Inventor John Houbolt Argued For Lunar Gemini Program Over Apollo; SpaceX Dragon Capsule Has Been Compared To Gemini; Small Lunar Lander Design For Lunar Gemini (TL) Similar To ALOHA Chair (BL) Conceived By SpaceDev / Benson Space Company For ILO Human Service Mission