moon

ABC News is reporting that NASA now are planning to return to the moon, in 2018. Story here. I bet Bad Ast is having fun with this.

Hello dear people from the forum... Yesterday I was watching at the nightsky, something I tend to do often because the amazement that the stars and celestial bodies sight has on me... and I just remembered one of the astronomical facts that always amazed me It's about the moon our companion in...

I have just been told by a colleague that he recently heard a radio item saying that due to long period fluctuations in the orbit of Mars caused by the gravity of Jupiter, Mars will pass so close to the Earth this month (Aug 27th), that it will appear as "big as the moon". I was distinctly...

I recently found that a couple of my friends have fallen for the arguments stating that the Apollo Moon landings were faked. I've directed them towards Bad Astronomy and collected a few bits of information from other varying sources but I am finding it difficult to find quantitative information...

When I thought that all the possible absurdities had already been explored, suddenly I discover something that promises be a new "cult " as well as the "Face of Mars": the moon Iapetus. In the following link you will taste more than 7 extremely detailed pages that try to demonstrate that...

hello it is reported that prince charles has decided to plant crops according to the phases of the moon http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1715013,00.html i have heard about this method of planting before and it sounded like bs , now charlie is involved it has to be bs .

A friend of mine asked on his Live Journal. To which I answered: I figured I'd ask here if the long wordy answer I gave for #3 is correct, or did I make a math error or misassumption some place? Thanks -PopeTom

Man walks on moon. July 20, 1969. http://moon.google.com/

I thought that the reason for the current 'large' moon had been given by Interesting Ian. i.e. The moon actually IS bigger :) Anyway, why does the moon look so big just now? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4619063.stm

I keep having to answer the "why are there no stars in photos of astronauts on the moon?" question. It must be a biggie with the "we didn't go to the moon" guys. I've actually given up on the explainations, or sending people to a web site. A couple at the school where I teach mentioned it...

Satellite for tracking moon I don't get it. Can someone explain why they cannot use the same predictor as everyone else? The moon moves in a predictable pattern, why spend $8million to just do what astronomers have already done?

I was just checking this website that offers moon for sale! http://www.lunarregistry.com/ I'm preaty sure that a lot of you already seen it. Plus there are other dozen of website that claim that they are the only ones who can sell it. Some say that they authorized by "Luner Comunity" other say...

March 10, 2005 — Imagine if an asteroid plunged into Earth, killing all life in a giant fireball, or hostile aliens from a far-away planet launched an invasion and wiped out all life on our planet? Or what if a mutant, deadly plague spread from person to person and animal to animal and caused...

My opinion of Bush's Moon to Mars program is that he was using it just to get elected. What is your opinion about this.

This came out today. Complete article including stats and mining strategies are at: http://internationalreporter.com/news/read.php?id=285

http://www.space.com/news/aps_report_041123.html It sounds to me as if M2M&B is actually hurting some very promising missions. I would definitely like to see the long term budgeting for this. IMHO other projects seem much more important than getting back to the moon or going to Mars, as far...

Easy proof that we went to the moon. this

Does anyone know, is that event related to astrology? I had an argument with my pen-pal, who says that Blue Moon is astrological event (a Blue Moon occurs when there are two Full Moons successively in the same sign). And she said, that she red it from a book. But didn't say which book. Anyone...

His Lunacy is at it again. This time the Rev. Sun Myung Moon has had himself crowned "messiah" in front of a surprised crowd, including US Congressmen. If the Messiah is back, can the apocalypse be far behind?

My exhaustive research into the topic has revealed that samples of moonrock contained many minerals/ores/etc useful or valuable on earth including aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium. Is it likely that mining of the moon could ever prove worthwhile / cost...

Bush to seek manned flights to moon, Mars I think a manned Moon base is essential to the inevitable evacuation ( extinction being the only alternative ) of the Solar System by human beings.. Why should we wait to get started? I don't think arguments like " Well, we should take care of all...

I think the overwhelming response to this kite flying attempt* is, "what???". http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/06/1070625575158.html?from=top5 If he wants to get re-elected, he will have to think of something else to sell the American public. * "Kite Flying", a political tactic of...

As much as I would like to see this happen, I suspect this story may belong more in the Politics forum...

I initially thought that the headline writer is the one who's illiterate, but there it is again in the article's body.

I thought about this after reading about the moon running away from the earth. The moon is orbiting the earth in the same direction as the earth's rotation. Because of this the earth is imparting some of its rotational energy into the moon causing the moon's orbit to increase very slowly...

Saw the tail-end of "Man in the Moon" (biographical movie about Andy Kaufman) the other night. The reason I bring this up here is because of some rather relevant scenes at the end, where Andy (played by Jim Carrey) tries various alternative remedies to treat his lung cancer. What really got to...

China space mission to the moon China's space ambitions will not stop at just sending a person into space; the country plans to send astronauts to the moon, a top national defense official was quoted by Chinese media as saying.

Jolly good, mission to the moon seems to be going well so far. Do you lot think this ion-drive is going to be a success?

In a debate on another site, a claim has been made that It's not central to the debate - in fact it's not important at all - but I was wondering if this is, in fact, true? I do like to smooth out incidental inaccuracies, cos it makes me feel big and clever. By the way, I am aware that Asimov...