The Once and Future MoonBlog at Air and Space Magazine

 

http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/

 

 

1.  India Aims for the Moon

October21, 2008

 

2.  The Moon, Space and Other Things

                   November 9, 2008

 

3.  Hitting a BullÕs-eye on the Moon

                   November 15, 2008

 

4.  Another ÒRoadmapÓ

                   November 18, 2008

 

5.  A Decade of the International Space Station

                   December 1, 2008

 

6.  The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) and Project Constellation

                   December 12, 2008

 

7.  Forty Years Ago, Three Men Left for the Moon

                   December 20, 2008

 

8.  Moon Water Ð Again

                   December 23, 2008

 

9.  Space Goals Ð One More Time

                   January 9, 2009

 

10.  Radar Mapping the Moon

                   January 17, 2009

 

11.  What Apollo Was É. and WasnÕt

                   January 25, 2009

 

12.  The Strange Story of Lunar Magnetism

                   February 8, 2009

 

13.  Another Strategic Plan Misfires

                   February 20, 2009

 

14.  Human Spaceflight: What Value to Science? (Part 1)

                   February 28, 2009

 

15.  Human Spaceflight: What Value to Science? (Part 2)

                   March 1, 2009

 

16.  Of Science and Cathedral-Building

                   March 15, 2009

 

17.  Mini-SAR Nears Completion of its First Mapping Cycle

                   March 29, 2009

 

18.  moon vs. Moon: A Study in Arrant Pedantry

                   April 2, 2009

 

19.  Those Were the DaysÉ.

                   April 10, 2009

 

20.  The Deadly Dust of the Moon

                   April 10, 2009

 

21.  Return to the Moon: Outpost or Sorties?

                   May 5, 2009

 

22.  What the Augustine Committee DidnÕt Know in 1990

                   May 15, 2009

 

23.  Can We Be ÒResourcefulÓ on the Moon? (Part 1)

                   May 30, 2009

 

24.  Lunar Resources: Changing Our Approach to Spaceflight (Part 2)

                   June 5, 2009

 

25.  First, Nail Down the Mission

                   June 25, 2009

 

26.  Would More Money Improve NASA?

                   July 8, 2009

 

27.  Space Program vs. Space Commerce

                   July 16, 2009

 

28.  Can You Legally Own a Piece of the Moon?

                   July 24, 2009

 

29.  Next Step or No Step

                   August 3, 2009

 

30.  Two Views of the Vision

                   August 11, 2009

 

31.  Scientists vs. The Icy Commander

                   August 21, 2009

 

32.  I Aim at the StarsÉBut Sometimes I Only Make Viewgraphs

                   September 9, 2009

 

33.  Water, Water EverywhereÉ.

                   September 25, 2009

 

34.  Space Exploration Sets Sail on Lunar Water

                   October 4, 2009

 

35.  LCROSS: Mission to HYPErspace

                   October 12, 2009

 

36.  Paradigms Lost

                   October 23, 2009

 

37.  Caves on the Moon?

                   October 27, 2009

 

38.  A Rainbow on the Moon

                   November 14, 2009

 

39.  Thanksgiving on the Moon: A Lunar Feast

                   November 22, 2009

 

40.  Another Moon-Forming Collision?

                   December 7, 2009

 

41.  Arguing About Human Space Exploration

                   December 16, 2009

 

42.  Cataclysmic Events on the Moon

                   December 16, 2009

 

43.  Robotic Sample Return and Interpreting Lunar History: The Importance of Getting it Right

                   January 11, 2010

 

44.  Beyond LEO Ð Flexible Path Revisited

                   January 23, 2010

 

45.  Have We Forgotten What Exploration Means?

                   January 25, 2010

 

46.  Vision Impaired

                   February 3, 2010

 

47.  Confusing the Means and the Ends

                   February 13, 2010

 

48.  A Lunar Visionary

                   February 23, 2010

 

49.  Talismanic Thinking

                   February 27, 2010

 

50.  Ice at the North Pole of the Moon

                   March 1, 2010

 

51.  Stuck in Transit Ð Unchaining Ourselves From the Rocket Equation

                   March 11, 2010

 

52.  Value for Cost: The Determinate Path

                   March 24, 2010

 

53.  NASA Lost Its Way

                   April 2, 2010

 

54.  To Do The Heavy Lifting

                   April 14, 2010

 

55.  ÒWeÕve been there before.  Buzz has been there.Ó

                   April 16, 2010

 

56.  The Four Flavors of Lunar Water

                   May 2, 2010

 

57.  Using the Earth to Study the Moon

                   May 15, 2010

 

58.  ItÕs the Space Economy, Stupid!

                   May 21, 2010

 

59.  American Heroes

                   May 28, 2010

 

60.  A Wetter Moon Impacts Understanding of Lunar Origin

June19, 2010

 

61.  Malice, Mischief, and Misconceptions

                   June 26, 2010

 

62.  Searching for the MoonÕs mantle

                   July 7, 2010

 

63.  NASAÕs New Mission and the Cult of Management

                   July 10, 2010

 

64.  The Moon, asteroids, and space resources

                   July 23, 2010

 

65.  Nobody knows É. how dry I am

                   August 7, 2010

 

66.  The incredible shrinking Moon

                   August 19, 2010

 

67.  The Moon: Creating capability in space and getting value for our money

                   August 24, 2011

 

68.  Building bridges

                   September 11, 2010

 

69.  Look Ma! No glasses!

                   September 23, 2010

 

70.  The authorized version

                   October 7, 2010

 

71.  Strange lunar brew

                   October 22, 2010

 

72.  Permafrost, snow cones and fairy castles

                   November 6, 2010

 

73.  Can NASA get its groove back?

                   November 6, 2010

 

74.  Keeping an eye on NASA

                   November 22, 2010

 

75.  A Founding Father of Lunar Science

                   December 4, 2010

 

76.  New light on the lunar poles

                   December 17, 2010

 

77.  Can we afford to return to the Moon?

                   December 22, 2010

 

78.  Regolith, the ÒotherÓ lunar resource

                   January 5, 2011

 

79.  HEFT, lies and videotape

                   January 14, 2011

 

80.  Journey to the center of the Moon

                   February 4, 2011

 

81.  Vision statements for non-visionaries

                   February 22, 2011

 

82.  Discarding Shuttle: The hidden cost

                   March 1, 2011

 

83.  Volcanic shields of the Moon

                   March 19, 2011

 

84.  The MoonÕs role in climate science

                   March 22, 2011

85.  You CanÕt Always Get What You Want (but if you try some time, you might find É you get what you need)

                   March 31, 2011

86.  A Rationale for Cislunar Space

                   April 10, 2011

87.  ÒEmbrace the end of human spaceflight!Ó

                   April 19, 2011

 

88.  WhoÕs short-sighted?

                   May 4, 2011

89.  Young Visitors Inspire Old Scientist

                   May 14, 2011

90.  Presidential Pronouncements on Space: Some 50th Anniversary Thoughts

                   May 24, 2011

91.  From ÒOne Small StepÓ to Settlement

                   June 3, 2011

92.  Midwinter

                   June 21, 2011

93.  NASA Shifts Into Neutral

                   June 25, 2011

94.  Faded Flags on the Moon

                   July 20, 2011

95.  Visions DonÕt Pass Away Ð A Tribute to John Marburger

                   July 30, 2011

96.  Exotic volcanoes on the Moon

                   August 3, 2011

97.  Splat! Two Moons over Miami?

                   August 18, 2011

98.  Destination: Moon or Asteroid? Part I: Operational Considerations

                   August 31, 2011

99.  Destination: Moon or Asteroid? Part II: Scientific Considerations

                   September 1, 2011

100.  Destination: Moon or Asteroid? Part III: Resource Utilization Considerations

                   September 2, 2011

 

101.  LetÕs Argue About the Right Things

                   September 17, 2011

 

102.  ItÕs a gas, man!

                   October 8, 2011

 

103.  Replicators have arrived

                   October 24, 2011

 

104.  Ronald Greeley: A Gentleman and a Scholar

                   October 29, 2011

 

105.  Slopes, Streaks and Flows

                   November 17, 2011

 

106.  The Latest Destination for Human Spaceflight

                   December 1, 2011

 

107.  The Path of Exploration

                   December 14, 2011

 

108.  Annus Horribilis:  Space in 2011

                        December 27, 2011

 

109.  ChinaÕs Long March to the Moon

                   January 14, 2012

 

110.  Everybody has won and all must have prizes

January 25, 2012

 

111.  Cataclysmic Conundrum

                   February 13, 2012

 

112.  Double the Space Budget?

                   March 1, 2012

 

113.  How the Mars Community Shot Itself in the Foot

                   March 8, 2012

 

114.  Can We Repurpose Space Assets?

March 19, 2012

 

115.  Legacy of a Space Titan

March 22, 2012

 

116.  A Scientific Dispute

March 27, 2012

 

117. Analogy for Space: Air Force or Navy?

                   April 13, 2012

 

118. The first thing we do, letÕs kill all the lawyers*

                   May 1, 2012

 

119. The Flight of the Dragon

May 15, 2012