Category Archives: Cislunar Space Development

Friday / 30 Mar 2018

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Updates To Outer Space Treaty Could Define Space Regulations

During COPUOS 57th Legal Subcommittee Session 9-20 April At Vienna International Center, Countries To Discuss General Principle Consensus On Space Resource Policy Which May Be Necessary To Enable Moon And Mars Settlements, Potentially Prevent Conflict Of Interest In Space; Vidvuds Beldavs Proposes International Regime Could Govern Moon Resource Extraction Focused On Safety, Sustainability, Equitable Sharing By All Countries; Common Heritage Of Mankind Concept Inclusion To Prevent Exploitation, Encourage Preservation For Future Generations 

Credits: NASA, Space, UN, Vidvuds Beldavs

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Fri-Mon / 23-26 Mar 2018

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ULA Proposes Self-Sustaining Econosphere / CisLunar 1000 Initiative

United Launch Alliance Plans To Collaborate With Commercial Companies To Create Community Of ~1,000 People In Earth-Moon Vicinity; Self-Sufficient Economy Would Be Based On In Situ Resource Utilization From ~17,000 Near Earth Asteroids, Lunar Resources; ULA CEO Tory Bruno Says Creating Propellant In Space Will Increase Deep Space Travel; Roadmap Could Align With International Lunar Gateway, Involve Current Collaborator Bigelow Aerospace For 20-Person Cislunar Habitat & Depot; Jeff Bezos Of Blue Origin Working On Blue Moon Lunar Lander; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Continues Plans For Rockets To Support Interplanetary / Lunar Transport Services

Credits: NASA, Boeing, Bigelow Aerospace, ULA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Business Insider

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Fri-Mon / 16-19 Mar 2018

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Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 59 In Texas Focuses On China Lunar Success And Plans

China Lunar And Deep Space Exploration Program Overview Set To Take Place 17-18 March In Woodlands, TX On The Eve Of 49 LPSC; Cosponsored By Brown University, Russian Academy Of Sciences, Vernadsky And Space Research Institute; Will Highlight University Research, Analysis, Results Across China; With Open Discussion, 25 Presenters Including James Head Of Brown University, NAOC Deputy Director ChunLai Li, Will Focus On Future Lunar Missions, Activities, Particularly Chang’e 1-3 Data, Chang’e-4 Landing Studies, Chang’e-5 Sample Return Mission

Credits: Brown University, Planetary Society, Vernadsky, NAOC

Friday / 16 Mar 2018

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Crater-Counting AI Algorithm Discovers ~7,000 Moon Craters, Advances Extraterrestrial Mapping Techniques

 Moon Crater Identification Project Led By Ari Silburt At Penn State University And Mohamad Ali-Dib At University Of Toronto Uses Algorithm To Find Craters >5-km Diameter, Leads To Discovery Of 6,883 New Craters In Only A Few Hours & Confirms Previously Known Craters With Very Few Errors; Lunar Craters Are Significant For Solar System Origin Clues, Establishing Areas Of Interest For Exploration, Science, Sample Return, Human Settlement; Artificial Intelligence Mapping Techniques For Big Data Could Be Used For Solar / Extrasolar Systems, Geologic / Other Observations

Credits: NASA, JPL, Caltech, Ari Silburt (L), Mohamad Ali-Dib (R), Univ. of Toronto, PSRD, David Trang, LROC WAC, et al

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Fri-Mon / 9-12 Mar 2018

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China Signs MoU With Russia For Lunar Collaboration, Also In Talks With Japan

CNSA, Roscosmos Plan To Create Lunar Project Data Center, Collaborate On Russia Luna-Resurs 1 Launching 2022, China 2023 Mission To Moon South Pole; MoU Signing By Roscosmos Director Igor Komarov, CNSA Deputy Head Wu Yanhua In Tokyo 3 March For Cooperation In 6 Science, Tech, Exploration Areas; VP Of JAXA Mamoru Endo Meets To Discuss Japan-China Collaborations; CNSA Also Working On New-Gen Reusable Spacecraft With Ability To Carry 4-6 Astronauts To Chinese Space Station, Near Earth Asteroids, Mars; Eventual 20,000-Kg Version For Lunar Landings; Astronaut Wang Yaping Prepares To Work On China Space Station, Hopes To Land On Moon

Credits: Planetary Society, CNSA, Women Voice, CAST, CASC, CMSA

Friday / 9 Mar 2018

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Mapping Moon South Pole Aitken-Basin Mineralogy For Future Landing Sites

Oldest, Largest, Well-Preserved South Pole-Aitken Basin, Nearly 1/4 Of Moon Diameter At 2,500 km, Is Area Of Most Recent Study Led By Brown University Prof. Carle Pieters & Daniel Moriarty Of GSFC; Using Data From USA Imaging Spectrometer ‘Moon Mineralogy Mapper’ Aboard ISRO Chandrayaan-1, Compositions Of Deposits From Volcanic Activity And Exposed Mantle Material Detected; Chemical / Mineral Analysis, Age Calculations And Especially Sample Return Missions Can Help Determine History Of Early Evolution Of Moon & Solar System, Be Compared To Previous Apollo / Other Sample Returns, Define Vital Zones For Exploration

Credits: NASA, ISRO, Brown University, Goddard Space Flight Center

Wednesday / 7 Mar 2018

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Vodafone Germany And Nokia Plan To Create Lunar 4G Communications Network

Vodafone And Nokia Partner With Commercial Space Company PTScientists To Deliver 4G Network, Two Quattro Rovers To Apollo 17 Landing Site In Taurus-Littrow Valley 20.0° N, 31.0° E; Expected Launch On SpaceX Falcon 9 In 2019; Networking Gear Weighing Less Than 1-Kg Will Use 1800 MHz, Anticipated Data Rate 100 Megabits To 1 Gigabit Per Second; Will Send HD Video To Autonomous Landing And Navigation Module, Connecting To Berlin; PTScientists Chief Executive, Robert Böhme, States Off-World Infrastructure Is Crucial First Step For Sustainable Human Interplanetary Exploration And Settlement

Credits: PTScientists, Nokia, Vodafone

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Fri-Mon / 2-5 Mar 2018

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First 2018 ILOA Galaxy Forum In Yogyakarta, Indonesia 3 March

ILOA Galaxy Forum At Gadjah Mada University, Hosted By Geological Engineering Department / Dr. Hendra Amijaya; Major SEA Collaborations & Participation From ~300 Attendees To Advance Global Galaxy / 21st Century Education, Science; 9 Presentations Include Chatief Kunjaya Of Ma Chung University, Arry Buchori Of Skyworld Indonesia On Astronomy Education, Steve Durst Of ILOA On Astronomy From The Moon And International Human Moon Missions, Jonathan Hung Of SSTA, Boonrucksar Soonthornthum Of NARIT; Malaysia UKM Participation By Sabirin Abdullah, Bandung Inst. Of Technology Expert Hakim Malasan, Gadjah Mada University Representative Nugroho Imam

Credits: ILOA, GF, GSTC, SSTA, Skyworld, NARIT, Gadjah Mada Univ., UKM, et al

Friday / 2 Mar 2018

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Japan Hosting 3 International Space Exploration Forums And Legal Policy Strategies For Moon Base Event

The 2nd International Space Exploration Forum, Industries ISEF & Young Professionals ISEF Are Ongoing 28 Feb – 3 Mar In Tokyo; Workshops And Panelists Will Include (Counter Clockwise TL-TR) Jan Wörner (ESA), Mohammed Al Ahbabi (UAE), Pascale Ehrenfreund (DLR), Robert Lightfoot (NASA), Takeshi Hakamada (ispace), Giuseppe Reibaldi (Moon Village); On 4 Mar University Of Toyko Will Hold “Legal Policy Strategy For The Construction Of Moon Base & Utilization Of Space Resources” Featuring UNOOSA Director Simonetta Di Pippo, ESPI Director Jean-Jacques Tortora, American Space Council Sec. Gen. Scott Pace; There Is Also A Women In Space Session Led By Simonetta Di Pippo And Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki

Credits: JAXA, MEXT, WPSP, NASA, UNOOSA, ESPI

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Fri-Mon / 23-26 Feb 2018

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International Deep Space Gateway Further Support, Funding, Call For Research Ideas, Workshops

Proposed DSG / Lunar Orbital Platform To Establish Permanent Human Presence In Cislunar Space And Enable Moon Village, Missions To Many Worlds Beyond – Could See US$2.7B In NASA Funding From FY19 Allocations Through 2023 When SLS EM-2 Crew Plan To Arrive; Cislunar DSG Would Develop Essential Commercial & International Partners, Technology Advances In Power, Propulsion & Life Support, And Build Toward Multi World Civilization; Latest DSG Workshop Being Held 27 Feb – 1 Mar In Denver CO; ESA, Roscosmos, JAXA, CSA Express DSG Common Interest; China, India, S Korea, SEA, UAE, Other Nations Could Be Important Collaborators

Credits: Boeing, NASA