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Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich Proposal / Campaign Promise For Moon Base By 2020 Is A Welcome Articulation That Should Encourage Incumbent President Obama To Assure USA Presence On Moon ASAP; With Affordable Lander / Power Station Mission, USA Could Be 1st Country To Establish Presence On Lunar South Pole
Image Credit: LiftPort Group, Spaceward Foundation
Space Elevator On The Moon?; Michael Laine (BR) Of LiftPort Group Sees Moon As Ideal Location To Advance Space Elevator Concepts; Contrary To Earth-Based Elevator, Required Technology Exists Today; Weaker Gravity Allows For Use Of Zylon Ribbon Extending From Surface Of Moon To L1 Point (58,000km From Center Of Moon); Others In Space Elevator Community Such As Ben Shelef (Inset) See Lunar Elevator Concept As “Distraction”
Image Credit: Walter Myers, MIT, Brown University, NLSI
Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 53 ‘Early History Of The Terrestrial Planets: New Insights From The Moon & Mercury’, 17-18 March At The Woodlands, TX; Researchers To Present Summary Of New Discoveries From Recent Missions Including GRAIL, Discuss Implications For Future Goals & Destinations For Lunar Exploration; Event Precedes 43rd Lunar And Planetary Science Conference