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21st Century Entrepreneurs Look To Moon For Opportunity / Inspiration; Eric Anderson & His Lunar Tourism Venture Featured On Front Page Of Air & Space Magazine March 2012 Edition; CNET Displays Slideshow Of Apollo Artifacts In Venture Capitalist Steve Jurvetson’s Private Collection
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Mining The Moon For Rare Earth Minerals & Helium-3 Gaining Mainstream Attention With Recent Coverage From Washington Post; Article Notes Prevalence Of H3, Potential Areas With Concentrated Mineral Deposits; Space Mining Expert John Chapman Discusses Technology Opportunities For Lunar Mining During AIAA SF Lecture
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Hawaii Initiative: International Lunar Research Park / PISCES Seeking Public / Professional Support As State Legislature Reviews Several Bills That Could Advance Innovative Project; Advantages: Economic Development, High-Paying Jobs, Enhance STEM / Higher Education, Provide Nucleus For Hawaii-Based 21st Century Research Park To Advance Lunar / Solar System Exploration
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Russia Shifting Focus Of Space Program To Human Moon Missions By 2020, Fully-Functioning Lunar Base Complete With Astronomy Lab By 2030, Says Roscosmos Head Vladimir Popovkin; Cosmonauts Selected In Recruitment Drive Will Be Trained For Lunar Mission; Polar Destinations Likely As Russia Seeks To Rekindle Lunar Program After 40+Year Hiatus
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Recent Coronal Mass Ejections (TL) Were Most Significant Radiation Events During LRO 2.5-Year Mission, CRaTER Instrument On LRO (C) Characterizing Global Lunar Radiation Environment By Measuring Galactic / Solar Radiation From Behind ‘Human Tissue-Equivalent’ Plastic; GRAIL Sends Its 1st Video From Lunar Orbit, Ebb Captures 30-Second Video Of Lunar Far Side While Traveling North-South
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Mining On The Moon & Mars; John Chapman To Describe How To Apply Proven Mining Methods For Successful Mineral Exploration, Mineral Deposit Development & Mine Process Operations On Moon & Mars; Wed 8 Feb, 18:30-20:00 At NASA Research Park, Moffett Field CA; Sponsored By AIAA San Francisco Section
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SpaceX Successfully Tests SuperDraco Engines; 8 Engines On Side Walls Of Dragon Spacecraft Will Produce Up To 534,000 Newtons Of Axial Thrust Enabling Propulsive Landing On Moon, Earth Or Other Planet With Pinpoint Accuracy; Also To Serve As Launch Escape System; SuperDraco Sustained Full-Duration Thrust Firing & Deep Throttling Demonstrations
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Rocket City Space Pioneers, Google Lunar X Prize Team From Huntsville Alabama, Announces ‘Name The Lander Contest’; 4th Grade Class That Submits Winning Name Will Receive Trip To Space Camp & US$500 Gift Certificate For Classroom Supplies; Contest Co-Sponsors: AL Tourism Department, ALDOE; Pictured: RCSP Team Leader Tim Pickens
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Middle School Teachers Can Still Register For MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired By Middle School Students) Program; Cameras On Twin GRAIL Spacecraft ‘Ebb & Flow’ Will Image Lunar Surface Sites Selected By Classrooms; Students Can Study Topography & Future Landing Sites; About 1,000 Classrooms Around USA Have Signed Up For Free Program Led By Sally Ride; GRAIL Science Mission Is Mar-May
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Eric Anderson / Space Adventures Featured In March 2012 Edition Of Air & Space Magazine; Working On Circumlunar Mission With Modified Russian Soyuz; Once 2nd Passenger Reserves Space (US$150M) “Metal Will Be Bent At Energia”, Mission To Follow In Four Years; If A Success, Anderson Hopes To Make 2nd Or 3rd Lunar Flyby Trip Himself