Ouliang Chang Of USC Viterbi School Of Engineering Outlines Plan For Deployment Of Supercomputer & Accompanying Radio Dishes On Moon To Ease Load On Terrestrial Mission Control, Provide Computational Power For 1st Phase Of Lunar Industrial / Settlement Development; Polar Location To Avoid Drastic Temperature Swings, Access To Water Ice For Cooling; Dishes Could Also Be Used For Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry
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National Astronomical Observatories Of Chinese Academy Of Sciences (NAOC) Set To Sign MOU With International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) Tuesday In Hawai`i; ILOA International Team Of Astronomers Will Conduct Galaxy / Astronomy Research With Lunar Telescope Aboard Chang’e-3 Lander (2013) For Global 21st Century Education, In Exchange NAOC Will Receive Observing Time On ILO-X & ILO-1 Mission Instruments (NET 2014-2015)
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Abstracts For 11-15 Nov 2012 PISCES Conference On Hawaii Island Due 21 Sep; International Scientists, Government Leaders, Entrepreneurs Will Evaluate Recent Developments In PISCES Vision To Establish Terrestrial Prototype For International, Extraterrestrial Research Park On Hawaii Island; Breakout Sessions To Discuss Revolutionary Surface Technologies, Establish Strategic Partnerships To Enable / Expedite Robotic & Human Missions To Moon, Mars, Beyond
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International Lunar Observatory Association Is Conducting A Global Demonstration Of Its ILO-X Astronomy Instrument Bound For The Moon (NET 2014) Via Moon Express Google Lunar X Prize Spacecraft; Science Teams In Canada, China, USA Mainland, Europe & Japan Will Use ILO-X Remotely To Image Galaxy / Stars From 4,205m Mauna Kea, Global Demo Taking Place At 22:30-24:00 HST, 23 July
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Shielding From Earth Ionosphere & Radio Interference Required To Explore ‘Dark Ages’ Of Universe / Receive Radio Waves Below 100 Megahertz; Far Side Of Moon Seen As Ideal Location; Jack Burns / CU Boulder Team Proposing Dark Ages Radio Explorer (DARE) Lunar Orbiter To Collect Neutral-Hydrogen Signals From 80-420M Years After Big Bang; Ultimately Seeking To Deploy Large Antennas In 180-Km-Wide Tsiolkovskiy Crater
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International Lunar Observatory Association Advancing Cooperative Program With National Astronomical Observatories Of China To Conduct Galaxy Astronomical Imaging For Global 21st Century Education Using Lunar Telescope Of Chang’e-3 (2013) Moon Lander; In Exchange NAOC Will Conduct Research With ILO-X Precursor Mission (NET 2014) & ILO-1 Polar Mission (NET 2015) Observatories
Image Credit: ILOA, NAOC