27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... White House’s plan to push forward with a human return to the Moon by 2024 has been put forward by top Democrats and Republicans on the House committee that authorises NASA activities. The 102-page bill submitted on 25 January, 2020 instead favours...
13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
... be certified by NASA,” said SpaceX boss Elon Musk. “This is a great honor that inspires confidence in our endeavour to return to the Moon, travel to Mars, and ultimately help humanity become multi-planetary,” Musk said, as he thanked NASA for their...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
..., let alone any international regulatory agreement. Legally, at present, there are no protections for any of the artefacts left on the Moon, or any of the features of the landing sites. But this document was a good start, and it served its purpose...
31 December 2018
Rocket Men: the daring odyssey of Apollo 8
.... Although he sees similarities in today’s political situation, he recognises that the mission itself provided a “significant difference”. “When Borman, Lovell, and Anders returned from the Moon”, he says, “few could argue… that they hadn’t seen...
19 September 2023
Apollo Remastered
... Apollo 17 mission in 1972, so our only recourse for 50 years has been to ‘return to the Moon virtually’ by means of documentary films and books. Occasionally, a coffee-table tome on Apollo makes us stop and marvel at ...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
... year. This tiny change, near the limit of detection by ACES, sheds light on the lunar anomaly. If the speed of laser light were slowing, time for light to return from the Moon would increase each year, making the lunar distance appear to increase...
