Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Monday, December 12, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
NASA, as it prepares to return humans to the lunar surface for the first time in over 50 years, is thinking about building a place for them to live. The Apollo astronauts only needed the lunar module to rest between moon walks. The Artemis astronauts, who will eventually stay on the moon for months at a time, will need more roomy facilities.
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Friday, December 09, 2022
Fifty years ago on Dec. 14, Gene Cernan, the commander of Apollo 17, spoke the last words a human being has spoken on the moon’s surface: “As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.”
ernan’s wish has yet to be fulfilled. Indeed, he departed this life before human beings could return to the moon. The Artemis Project promises that, at long last, human footsteps will tread the lunar surface once again after over five decades. But why has it taken so long?
Thursday, December 08, 2022
Wednesday, December 07, 2022
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Monday, December 05, 2022
Sunday, December 04, 2022
With the NASA-led Artemis 1 mission to the moon still ongoing and the Capstone probe collecting information on the moon’s orbit, a joint Japanese, UAE, SpaceX mission is scheduled to launch a probe tasked with landing on the lunar surface. The Japanese lander, the Hakuto-R M1, will take a UAE rover, dubbed “Rashid,” to the lunar surface, with landing scheduled for March 2023. Rashid is designed to snap pictures of the lunar surface and examine its electrically charged environment. The launch has been delayed due to ongoing problems with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.