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Dr. Paul Spudis, of the Lunar and Planetary Institute, is featured luncheon speaker at ISDC — addressing the topic: Can We Afford to Return to the Moon? In this, part 2, of his address he continues making the case for a rational sustainable space policy and Cislunar development. At the conclusion of the address, Dr. Spudis receives the 2011 Space Pioneer Award from NSS Executive Director Gary Barnhard and Glenn Mahone.
by michael doornbos
I’ve spent the last few days reading the Omni Magazines from 1978 and 1979. All of them in fact. I’m struck by something: we’re still talking about most of these same ideas as things for the future…
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On a PBS NewsHour broadcast, Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the upcoming SpaceX flight.
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PASADENA, Calif. — Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the
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HAMPTON, Va. — A team from NASA’s Langley Research Center will have its eyes, cameras
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BOULDER, Colo. — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to
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At the recent Space Access Conference in Phoenix, Ben Brockert continues his interview talking about
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by andrew rush Even though it doesn’t have any legs (yet), Robonaut 2 is
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MOJAVE, Calif. — XCOR Aerospace today announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Continuing the celebration of André Kuipers’ music in space, British rock
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GREENBELT, Md. — NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP),
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Ben Brockert, an Engineer for Armadillo Aerospace, talks with MM about the developement and experience
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight
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Dave Masten talks with MM about his belief that NASA should take ownership of the
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by edward wright All organizations that have enduring for any length of time have
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While I really don’t disagree with the necessity of Paul’s plan in the long term, I think he has failed to make the argument for why it is the right thing to do now.
If the goal is just capable access to cislunar space, the argument can be made that we already have that. Human missions to service satellites have been done by NASA, and will become part of commercial space activities within the next decade.
Assuming success and growth of such commercial activities, including privately owned and operated space stations by the end of the decade, the market could be established for lunar water. At that point an economic argument could be made.
[...] International Space Development Conference in Hunstville AL have been posted in two parts, HERE and HERE. This talk touches on several of the themes I mention above. The slides from my talk are [...]