NASA Lunar Science Forum 2013 Will be a VIRTUAL Conference With NO “In-Person” Component This Year “Due to the recent government restrictions on travel, The NASA Lunar Science Institute will […]
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NASA Asteroid Mission: Rearranging The Solar System: Step 1
NASA Asteroid Capture Mission: First Real Step in Utilizing Extraterrestrial Resources “NASA is about to get a chance to try something totally new: instead of just visting or landing on […]
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People Will Write Checks To Explore Space (update)
Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project: how you can help save historic space data, Boing Boing “The LOIRP team managed to obtain original tape drives from the 1960s (covered in dust […]
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Turning Junk Back Into Useful Hardware
Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project: how you can help save historic space data, Boing Boing “The LOIRP team managed to obtain original tape drives from the 1960s (covered in dust […]
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The Floor of Copernicus
Copernicus Crater Mosaic, NASA Lunar Science Institute “This mosaic of the floor of crater Copernicus was created by combining the following 24 high resolution images taken by Lunar Orbiter V […]
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Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Seeks Public Support To Retrieve Apollo Era Moon Images
Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Seeks Public Support To Retrieve Apollo Era Moon Images “The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) is seeking support from the public as it continues […]
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Supporting the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project
House of Representatives Honors Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project, Congressional Record “As with the Lunar Orbiter’s images themselves, the efforts of those who have devoted themselves to this project should […]
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Dumpster Diving for Science
According to Science magazine: NASA Dives Into Its Past to Retrieve Vintage Satellite Data: “They cleaned, rebuilt, and reassembled one drive, then designed and built equipment to convert the analog […]
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Please Help Support the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project
“We are looking for people to help us complete the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP). We call this technoarchaeology – mining the past to support science in the future. […]
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Forgetting/Ignoring Space Drilling History
NASA: Red Planet looks a little gray inside, USA Today “This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock on another planet,” says mission sample chief Louise […]