Category Archives: Stanford On The Moon

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 16-19 Oct 2020

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Stanford On The Moon (SOM) 20th Anniversary Symposium Considers ‘1st Woman’…

SOM Symposium Convenes 16 October 1500-1700 PDT With Theme ‘NASA Returns To The Moon, First Woman On The Moon / Artemis, And Astronomy From The Moon’; First Woman Astronaut On Moon / Beyond Could Be Stanford Alumni (10 To Date); Henning Roedel (’11) To Moderate With Speakers Including Astronaut Tammy Jernigan (’81), Grant Anderson Of Paragon Space (’85) And Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann (’01); Panel Discussion Including ILOA Director Steve Durst (’65) To Be Moderated By Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides (’96); Endowment Funds Awarded To SSO & SAS, Received By Prof Bruce Macintosh And Prof Roger Romani, Respectively

Credits: NASA, Stanford, Paragon, Joseph Severn / Wikipedia

Memorial Day Weekend Edition
Fri-Tues / 22-26 May 2020

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New Astronaut Jessica Watkins May Become First Woman On Moon And / Or Mars

Planetary Scientist Jessica Watkins, Youngest Member Of Recently Graduated NASA Astronaut Candidate Group 22 Dubbed ‘The Turtles’ And 10th Stanford Woman Astronaut, Is Experienced In Off-World Simulation Habitats From Time In Mars Society Desert Research Station In Utah, NASA Desert Research And Technology Studies In Arizona And Researching Lunar Conditions In NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operation) Underwater Research Station ‘Aquarius Reef Base’ On Sea Floor Off Florida Coast; Watkins Tells Nature She Is Currently Studying “Lunar Geology And What It’s Going To Be Like On The Surface”

 

Credits: NASA, Bill Ingalls, SPC, ILOA

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 25-28 Oct 2019

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Stanford On The Moon Conference:
Antarctica And The Moon As 7th And 8th Continents

 Stanford On The Moon Alumni Club Hosting SOM Conference 25 October During Stanford Reunion Homecoming Weekend, Attended By Astronaut Tammy Jernigan (R); Risa Wechsler (L) Talks About The Kavli Telescope; Roger Romani Lectures On Astronomy In Antarctica While Chao Lin-Kuo Of The BICEP Project Works On Astrophysics Near Earth’s South Pole; Henning Roedel Talks About Antarctica And The Moon, Linking The 7th And 8th Continents; 10 Women Astronauts From Stanford Also Honored At SOM 2019

Credits: NASA, Stanford University, Stanford On Moon

Friday / 26 Oct 2018

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Stanford On The Moon (SOM) Alumni Conference Opens 1st Lunar Exhibit, Introduction By Astronaut Tammy Jernigan

Stanford Alumni Club SOM Hosts Its First Lunar Exhibit Honoring 9 Women Astronauts From Stanford – Including & Introduced By Tammy Jernigan On 26 October During Stanford Homecoming Weekend 2018 In Varian Physics Building; SOM Conference Will Also Feature SOM Advisory Committee Discussions, SOM Endowment Fund Awards To Stanford Student Observatory & Stanford Student Space Initiative; SOM Advocating For A Stanford Presence On The Moon And For First Women Landing On The Moon

Credits: SOM, NASA, Stanford University

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 29 Sep – 2 Oct 2017

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First Woman On The Moon Advocacy
From 68th IAC, LEAG, Stanford On The Moon

IDEA 3G Breakfast “First Woman On The Moon” At 68th International Astronautical Congress In Adelaide, Australia 27 Sep Featuring Jean-Yves Le Gall, Steve Durst, Jan Woerner, Danielle Richey, Sandy Magnus, Mary Snitch Focuses On Epochal & Historic Event Of 1st Woman On The Moon – Asking Who? When? How? Why? And Confirming Significant International Interest To Reclaim Greatest Advance In Human History, Fulfill Spirit Of Apollo 11 Pledge ‘In Peace For All’, And Launch Multi World Civilization; Further Support For Women On The Moon Upcoming At Lunar Exploration Analysis Group Meetings Oct 10-13 And Stanford On The Moon Conference Oct 13 Featuring Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides

Credits: IAF, IAC, ILOA, SPC, Newsgallery Pty Ltd

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 23-26 October 2015

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Stanford On The Moon (SOM)
Launching The Next 50 – 75 Years

10242015Stanford University President John Hennessy (TL) Commends SOM At Reunion Weekend “It’s A Good Project, Keep It Up”; SOM Advisory Committee Consists Of 12 Alum: Founder Steve Durst 1965, Lois Driggs Aldrin 1951, Bruce Lusignan 1958, Jim McCotter 1965, Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides 1996, Grant Anderson 1985, Henning Roedel 2011, Jim Michaelis 1960, John Kleeman 1969, Alicia Kavelaars 2002, William Brown 1965 & Professor Sigrid Close; Committee Drawn To Critical Thinking To Address The Need To Explore New Horizons Vital To The Future Of Humanity; SOM Launching For The Next 50-75 Year Trajectory, Planning For Stanford Center On The Moon Before 2091 University Bicentennial

Credit: SOM, NASA, Space Age Publishing Company

Friday / 23 October 2015

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Stanford On The Moon 2015:
Sustaining And Realizing The Vision

SOM 2015

Stanford On The Moon Conference Being Held 23 Oct 15:00-17:00 At Stanford Campus Bld 260, Rm 113 In Conjunction With 2015 Stanford Homecoming Reunion; Will Feature Presentation By (Pictured L-R) SOM Founder Steve Durst & Stanford Director Of Development (Humanities & Sciences) Denise Ellestad On SOM Endowment Fund, Sasha Maldonado From Stanford Student Space Initiative, Jim Keravala From Shackleton Energy Co. On Lunar Property Rights: Who Owns The Moon?; And Introduction Of SOM Advisory Committee Members

Credit: SOM, ILOA, SSSI/S. Maldonado, D. Ellestad, Shackleton