Going Back to the Moon and Mars

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Back to the Moon, to Mars and Beyond

Back to the Moon, to Mars and Beyond 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
Bush's well-leaked call for a serious expansion of human space exploration deserves support. He sounded just the right notes, including this so-true line: "We do not know where this journey will end. Yet we know this: Human beings are headed into the cosmos."

Moon, Mars and Beyond

Moon, Mars and Beyond 06/18/2004 05:06 AM
Moon, Mars and Beyond
http://www.moontomars.org/

The President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond. This site gives the latest reports, data and current information on the President's Commission "Moon, Mars and Beyond". This has been added to Astronomy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

To the Moon and on to Mars

To the Moon and on to Mars 01/18/2004 07:05 AM
I have been watching to see how public opinion would fall in President Bush's plan to return to the Moon...

new moon and Mars missions

new moon and Mars missions 01/09/2004 10:10 PM
Man on Mars From The Moon .. New York Times .. ruimtevaart

nytimes.com/2004/01/09/science/09SPAC.html?hp
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On to the Moon, and to Mars, via von
Braun

On to the Moon, and to Mars, via von
Braun 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
Wernher von Braun, the German rocket scientist who spearheaded America's first two decades of space efforts, hoped for a permanent Moon base and a mission to Mars.

Preview of Moon-To-Mars Report

Preview of Moon-To-Mars Report 06/11/2004 04:05 PM

Bush's Vision of Moon & Mars Missions

Bush's Vision of Moon & Mars Missions 01/10/2004 03:19 PM
UPI says that next Wednesday Bush will share his space plan to push robots. Bush wants to send American astronauts (humans) back to the Moon, create a moon base and eventually send humans to Mars and even nearby asteroids. Even though this plan may be decades away, more affordable robots will also be a big part of the plan allowing humans to explore other worlds in tandem with robots. The price tag could be in the $130 to $240 billion dollar range a year and even more in total! As one could imagine Nasa is probably getting excited at the money that may be coming their way since in years past they have had to endure drastic cutbacks. Of course some people think that Bush is doing all this just to shure up his election. Also, with 2/3rds of all craft heading to Mars ending in failure, many people don't believe sending humans to Mars will ever pan out.

Bush to Announce Missions to Mars, Moon

Bush to Announce Missions to Mars, Moon 01/10/2004 06:11 AM
To the moon, Alice! (And then, on to Mars) .. space speech next Wednesday

space.com/missionlaunches/bush_mars_040108.html
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Moon missions could be step to Mars
(USATODAY.com)

Moon missions could be step to Mars
(USATODAY.com) 05/20/2004 07:18 AM
USATODAY.com - Astronauts could go to the moon for as long as 90 days in the first step toward reaching President Bush's goal of sending a man to Mars, NASA says.

Book Review: Moon-Mars Commission Report

Book Review: Moon-Mars Commission Report 06/17/2004 11:24 AM

Bush To Announce Manned Trip To Moon,
Mars

Bush To Announce Manned Trip To Moon,
Mars 01/09/2004 10:12 PM
Slashdot Jan 9 2004 3:12AM ET

"Bush to Announce Ventures to Mars and
the Moon, Officials Say..."

"Bush to Announce Ventures to Mars and
the Moon, Officials Say..." 01/10/2004 09:33 AM

"CNN.com - Bush to seek manned flights
to moon, Mars - Jan. 9, 200..."

"CNN.com - Bush to seek manned flights
to moon, Mars - Jan. 9, 200..." 01/10/2004 09:33 AM

Bush Sees Moon As Test for Mars Mission
(AP)

Bush Sees Moon As Test for Mars Mission
(AP) 01/11/2004 10:27 PM
AP - The Bush administration is looking to the moon as the perfect launch pad and testing ground for future space flight, a place where communication with Earth is easy and low gravity makes for lighter launches.

CNN.com - Bush to seek manned flights to
moon, Mars - Jan. 9, 2004

CNN.com - Bush to seek manned flights to
moon, Mars - Jan. 9, 2004 01/09/2004 10:10 PM
Bush to propose manned missions to moon, Mars .. space exploration initiative .. planned moon mission .. announce a plan .. :

cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/09/bush.space/index.html
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announce that the USA are going back to
the moon

announce that the USA are going back to
the moon 12/04/2003 04:59 AM
with at its center a return to the moon .. As reported in the National Review .. major space policy announcement .. a space race is on

nationalreview.com/comment/powell200312030858.asp
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WaPo article strongly hints that our
President may suggest another mission to
the moon, to precede a manned Mars
voyage

WaPo article strongly hints that our
President may suggest another mission to
the moon, to precede a manned Mars
voyage 12/06/2003 08:36 AM
new big-ticket spending items .. running through their minds .. More

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36960-2003Dec4.html
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Are We Being Overly Cautious In Going
Back To The Moon?

Are We Being Overly Cautious In Going
Back To The Moon? 01/17/2004 10:47 PM
Someone who prefers to remain anonymous writes "Check out Marshall Brain's blog this morning. He writes about Bush's plan to return to the moon. What Brain says is fascinating and right on target: "At the start of 1958, America had never had anything in orbit and NASA did not even exist.... Yet, despite our total ignorance and lack of technology, we went from NOTHING all the way to man-on-the-moon in just 11 years." Then he looks at Bush's plan to put us back on the moon in sixteen years and asks, what does this tell us? Despite all of the technological advancement since 1958, we are now SLOWER than we were!" While this is an interesting comparison, we certainly don't know all the details surrounding the timeline and why it was chosen. If sixteen years means doing certain things right, rather than risking lives, then there's nothing wrong with that. Also, if the plan is designed in a way that it's not a "one-time" shot - but set up to further exploration, then it might make sense. Meanwhile, other science-fiction writers weigh in with both positive and negative responses to the plan.

Meanwhile, back on Mars

Meanwhile, back on Mars 09/07/2004 09:48 PM

I must admit I was shocked to find out today the the Mars rovers are still quietly going about their business on the red planet. They're still plugging along climbing through craters and scratching rocks. The Spirit rover has travelled over two miles since it landed. The folks at JPL are starting to sound like proud parents in their weekly status reports.

Sol 225 was truly a mega-activity sol. Spirit awoke at 11:20 a.m., Gusev local solar time and stayed awake well past the afternoon communication session with NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter without taking a nap. Spirit hasn't done that in a long time.

I have a strange feeling that if the Martian winter causes the rovers to hibernate that they'll wake up ready to go again next spring. Nice work NASA. Truly something to be proud of.

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"first high-res photos back from Mars"

"first high-res photos back from Mars" 01/07/2004 06:08 PM

firsthigh-res photos back from Mars

firsthigh-res photos back from Mars 01/07/2004 06:58 PM
color pictures from the Mars Rover .. started to flow in .. first color images .. that are in color .. color

jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/rover-images/jan-06-2004/images-1-6-04.ht ml
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President Bush Wants To Send Americans
Back To The Moon — And May Leave A
Permanent Presence There — In A Bold New
Vision For Space Exploration (I Like It)

President Bush Wants To Send Americans
Back To The Moon — And May Leave A
Permanent Presence There — In A Bold New
Vision For Space Exploration (I Like It) 12/07/2003 06:01 AM

foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104800,00.html
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Mars Rover Spirit Back Online

Mars Rover Spirit Back Online 01/24/2004 09:28 PM

Mars Rover Stops Sending Intelligible
Data Back to Earth

Mars Rover Stops Sending Intelligible
Data Back to Earth 01/22/2004 04:36 PM
The Mars Spirit rover has stopped sending intelligible data in the last 24 hours due to "a very serious anomaly."

US mission lands safely on Mars, beams
images back to Earth

US mission lands safely on Mars, beams
images back to Earth 01/04/2004 09:33 PM
Straits Times Jan 4 2004 7:13PM ET

Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with congressmen to
"discard" democracy

Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with congressmen to
"discard" democracy 03/30/2005 07:38 AM
Sun Myung Moon wants congressmen to "discard" democracy 3/30 .. it's time to end American democracy

iapprovethismessiah.com/2005/03/moon-work-with-congressmen -to-discard.html
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European Mars explorer sends back 1st
photos ahead of Christmas rendezvous

European Mars explorer sends back 1st
photos ahead of Christmas rendezvous 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET

Second Mars rover lands successfully,
begins sending back pictures to Earth

Second Mars rover lands successfully,
begins sending back pictures to Earth 01/25/2004 04:15 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jan 25 2004 7:05PM GMT

"Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with..."

"Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with..." 03/30/2005 09:20 PM

New NASA Mars rovers dwarf 1997's
Sojourner wheeled Mars robot

New NASA Mars rovers dwarf 1997's
Sojourner wheeled Mars robot 01/01/2004 07:31 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jan 1 2004 5:15PM ET

Tonight: Robots on Mars, hunting for
life on Mars?

Tonight: Robots on Mars, hunting for
life on Mars? 01/03/2004 03:22 PM
Magic may happen this evening. The USA will attempt to safely land a scientific golf cart on Mars at about 8.30pm, California time:

Two NASA (news - web sites) Mars landers -- Spirit and Opportunity -- are speeding toward "sweet spot" touch down sites at different, but scientifically attractive locations on Earth's mysterious neighbor.

The opening act in this $820 million drama to place dual robot geologists on Mars is the landing of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) dubbed Spirit tonight at about 8:35 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). The target: Gusev Crater -- a possible former lake in a giant impact crater on Mars. Primary among the mission's scientific goals is to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars

Link to news story, Link to NASA Mars Rover home page. (Thanks, John!)

Mars Exploration Rover Spirit lands on
Mars

Mars Exploration Rover Spirit lands on
Mars 01/07/2004 02:00 PM
We landed on Mars. The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has captured its first color image of Mars. It is the highest resolution picture ever taken of another planet. Fascinating.

Mars Express Confirms Water on Mars

Mars Express Confirms Water on Mars 01/23/2004 02:20 PM

This mosaic image taken by the
navigation camera on the Mars
Exploration Rover Spirit shows a
panoramic view of the rover on the
surface of Mars

This mosaic image taken by the
navigation camera on the Mars
Exploration Rover Spirit shows a
panoramic view of the rover on the
surface of Mars 01/05/2004 04:57 AM
Mars postcard pictures .. Press release images .. Look, mars

marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040104a.html
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Floridians Bracing for the Arrival of
Back-to-Back Tropical Storms (Los
Angeles Times)

Floridians Bracing for the Arrival of
Back-to-Back Tropical Storms (Los
Angeles Times) 08/12/2004 06:07 AM
Los Angeles Times - FORT MYERS, Fla. — As rare back-to-back tropical storms — one a hurricane, the other likely to become one — churned Wednesday toward Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush declared a statewide emergency and mobilized the National Guard. Tourists were told to evacuate the low-lying Florida Keys.

Fly Us to the Moon -- All of Us

Fly Us to the Moon -- All of Us 01/16/2004 11:26 AM
President Bush wants to establish a permanent lunar outpost as part of a revitalized space program. Well and good. But don't turn the moon into an extension of Fortress America. Welcome the world, or deep-six the plan. Opinion by Tony Long.

To the moon

To the moon 01/16/2004 11:04 AM

Bush Outlines Plan for 2015 Moon Landing is the first thing that President Bush has proposed that I'm actually in agreement with (well that's not true, I supported his State of the Union proposal to send millions to Africa for AIDS, but last I heard, that money still hasn't been sent). I've always been sad that we haven't returned to the moon since December 1972 -- nearly my whole life! And the thought of renewed exploration of the moon and then Mars thrills me, maybe I can even go! But, I can't help but wonder a) where the money will come from for all this and b) how the heck Bush can actually think he's for smaller government when, according to the Cato Institute, "based on his first three budgets, President Bush is the biggest spending president in decades."

And of course, with Americans carrying record amounts of consumer debt, 17 percent of American children living in poverty, and millions of Americans going without health insurance, returning to the moon doesn't seem like the highest priority.

Meanwhile, on Mars, Sprit's rolled off its landing platform and is ready to begin its roving exploration of the Martian surface. Woo hoo!

The man on the moon

The man on the moon 06/02/2004 02:27 AM
Moon Walk 1835 -- Was Neil Armstrong Really The First Man on The Moon? The Europeans did not arrive in American till nearly the end of six thousand years; this time was necessary for them to carry their navigation to such perfection, so as to cross the ocean. The people of the moon know already, perhaps, how to make little flights in the air, and at this time may be exercising themselves. When they shall be more able, we may see them.

The Man and the Moon

The Man and the Moon 05/04/2004 10:32 PM
I'm Congressman Danny K. Davis, and I approved this crowning of the messiah. [more inside]
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