Lunar Development

Lunar Info on the Web

The Lunar Science and Lunar Settlement panels from the ISDC are on the Web.

Magnificent Desoloation, an IMAX movie about the Moon is coming out this Fall.

The Library of Congress, Creating French Culture  site has pictures of   Selenographia by the famous Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius is the first lunar atlas.

The Moon Base, A Challange For Humanity Workshop held in Venice has posted its Proceedings.

Apollo History

Here are two interesting articles about the history of the Apollo Program.

Enchanted Rendezvous about the Lunar -orbit Redezvous concept by James R. Hansen.

Apollo: what didn’t get built by Taylor Dinerman about the Cargo version of the lunar lander.

Recent Lunar Events

There have been a lot of Lunar related conferences lately.

Biological Effects of Lunar Dust Workshop

NASA Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee Meeting for more info. First Meeting Presentations,  Second Meeting Agenda

36^th Lunar Planetary Science Conference

Astronaut Neil Armstrong To Accept ACEC's 2005 Distinguished Award of Merit, More Info

The Habitat Design Workshop

As well as the Griffin

Hearing

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Moon Industry Directory

Calling all interested Organizations the Moon Industry Directory is now taking registrations.

NSS and Space.com are partnering

The National Space Society is partnering with Space.com on its new web site and publication of Ad Astra its Magazine. Hopefully this will energize the NSS and bring in many more members.

New Pictures of the Moon

Smart one is now sending back new picture of the Moon.

Article in Moon Today
Article in New Scientist

While Smart 1 is mainly a technology test hopefully it will make new discoveries like Clementine did. Lunar Prospector was more of a policy test of Faster, Better, Cheaper. Hopefully soon there will be probes sent to them Moon so we can understand and develop the Moon not just because it is a nearby place to test space technology or policy.

Lunar Base Information Sources on the Web

The Lunar Base Quarterly is going to a web only format. The back issues are also avalible. The Lunar Base Quarterly has kept a community of lunar development advocates together through the darkest times, now that the sun is rising, the web format will let it expand beyond its paper limits.

The procedings from the two great lunar conferences are also avalible on the Web.

Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century

The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities

New Lunar Bibliography

Lunar Bibliography v. 12.2004 by Ken Murphy