Life In Space? Exhibit Presents Prototypes Of How Lunar Settlers May Grow Food On Moon; Designed By Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC), 5.5m X 2m Cylindrical Structure Has Potential To Provide Half The Daily Amount Of Food For Single Person To Survive; CEAC Has Successfully Tested Greenhouses At Earth South Pole; Lunar Greenhouse At MSI Chicago Through Jan 2013
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In Part 2 Of IPinSpace Extraterrestrial Property Rights Commentary, Andrew Rush proposes USA Institutes A Unilateral System Of Recognition & Enforcement Of Private Land Claims & Tangible Goods Derived From Space-Based Activities; Author Argues That USA Financial Dominance Will Ensure Stellar Enterprises Need To Conduct Business In USA / Abide By USA Regulations To Make Return On Their Investment
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Mars Curiosity Mechanical Systems Lead Adam Steltzner, Also Head Of Now Ebullient Entry Descent and Landing Team, Sets Sights On Europa, Jupiter System For Next Mission, “Most Likely Place In The Solar System To Have Existent Life;” Neil Armstrong, Recovering Well, Reminds Us That Permanent Earth-Moon System Development Should Remain Primary and Immediate Objective For Humanity
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In Space Show Interview Dennis Wingo (TL) Proposes “Mindset Change” To Stimulate Lunar Development: See Moon First For Economic Development, Science As Secondary Objective; Discusses How Emerging Technologies (Orbiting Fuel Depots, IRSU, 3D Printers, Etc.) Make Heavy Lift Rockets Unnecessary; Humans On Moon By 2020; Andrew Rush (BL) Outlines Means Of Enforcing Space Property Rights With Existing Customs Agencies
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Speaking At Lunar Science Forum, NASA Planetary Sciences Division Director Jim Green Says Science & Human Exploration Sectors Will Get Closer As Exploration Moves Out From Earth Orbit; Rechartered Lunar Science Institute Will Have ‘Flexible Path’ Focus On Moon, Mars, NEOs; Human Spaceflight Architecture Team Outlines Importance Of Cis-Lunar Space In Future Global Space Exploration
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First Test Flight Of Orion / MPCV In 2014 To Cislunar Space, Return To Earth At Speed 80% Of Lunar Return; NASA Managers Considering Using Recycled ISS Module As Way-Station At Earth-Moon Lagrange Point Or Lunar Orbit; Lockheed Martin Space Systems VP John Karas Says Cislunar Space Operations With No Landings Provide “Affordable Step-Wise Push To Mars”, Tele-Operating Lunar Robots From L2 Base Effective Analog For Deimos-Mars Operations
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US$250M Mission With U-Shaped Canada Rover, Canada Excavation Tools, US Science Instruments Destined For Moon South Pole; KSC In Situ Utilization Project Manager William Larson Says RESOLVE (Regolith & Environment Science & Oxygen & Lunar Volatile Extraction) Is “Next Logical Step For Lunar Exploration”; Prototype To Be Tested On Mauna Kea HI In July
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International Cooperation & Development Of Cis-Lunar Space Were Dominant Themes At Recent Global Space Exploration Conference; Russia, Japan & India Note Value / Intention Of Extensive Human Lunar Exploration; Moon Next Logical Step For ISS Partnership; Desire For More Cooperation With China; Lockheed & Boeing Officials Affirm Cis-Lunar Capabilities Will Come Quick After SLS / Orion Online
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