LunarCubes: Secondary Payloads Aiming To Produce First-Class Science
5th LunarCubes Workshop Hosted By Flexure Engineering 6-9 Oct Highlights Affordable, Innovative Options For Moon / Interplanetary Missions To Search For Volatiles, Map Surface, Support Human Exploration; Along With 8 Design Challenges, Various Talks Are Given On Missions Under Development By Private & Public Sectors: LunaH-Map (Craig Hardgrove, ASU), HALO (Michael Collier, NASA), Lunar Flashlight (John Baker, JPL), ILO-X & ILO-1 (Steve Durst, ILOA), FireFly (Dan Faber, DSI); Hack The Moon Event & Lunar Art / Flash Art Competition Being Held 9-11 Oct
Credit: Flexure Engineering, ASU, NASA, GSFC, JPL, Caltech
NewSpace Enterprise To Send Full Scale Rocket To Moon & Embed 1 Gram Payload ‘Moonspike’ Into Lunar Surface Developed Entirely With Private Funding; Founded By Kristian von Bengtson (L) Of Denmark & Chris Larmour (R), Primary Goal Is To Build Full Scale Rockets Capable Of Performing Moon Missions; Mission Will Consist Of 4 Stages: Launch, Orbit & Transit, Course Corrections As Needed, Landing At High Speed To Embed Moonspike; Other Moon Initiatives From India, Japan & China With Current On-Going & Near-Term Projections Corroborate International Desire To Return To Moon; USA Shackleton Energy Company Considering Near-Term Precursor Mission & Moon Express GLXP Launch Possible For 2017
Sustainable Moon Exploration 2020-2030 Critical For Further Expansion Of Human Solar System Competence; Astronaut & ESA Director Of Human Spaceflight & Operations, Thomas Reiter States “The International Vision For Lunar Exploration Calls For New Era Of Coordinated Human And Robotic Missions”; 
