Hyper123.net » Moon http://hyper123.net Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:47:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Plan to Build a Giant Liquid Telescope on the Moon http://hyper123.net/2007/05/21/a-plan-to-build-a-giant-liquid-telescope-on-the-moon/ http://hyper123.net/2007/05/21/a-plan-to-build-a-giant-liquid-telescope-on-the-moon/#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 22:49:13 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/05/21/a-plan-to-build-a-giant-liquid-telescope-on-the-moon/ Astronomers propose an enormous liquid-mirror telescope on the moon that could be hundreds of times more sensitive than the Hubble Space Telescope.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/05/21/a-plan-to-build-a-giant-liquid-telescope-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 Behind the Scenes with NASA’s New Moon Ship http://hyper123.net/2007/02/22/behind-the-scenes-with-nasas-new-moon-ship/ http://hyper123.net/2007/02/22/behind-the-scenes-with-nasas-new-moon-ship/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:34:01 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/02/22/behind-the-scenes-with-nasas-new-moon-ship/ With the iconic Space Shuttle nearing retirement, the pressure is on NASA to design a new manned vehicle — one that will deliver us safely to the lunar surface by 2020 before building a lasting lunar base. From ensuring safe launch to getting the vehicle back on the ground, here’s a look at the toughest challenges facing the spacecraft’s engineers

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/02/22/behind-the-scenes-with-nasas-new-moon-ship/feed/ 0 181 Things To Do On The Moon http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/181-things-to-do-on-the-moon/ http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/181-things-to-do-on-the-moon/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:51:38 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/181-things-to-do-on-the-moon/ If you woke up tomorrow morning and found yourself on the moon, what would you do? NASA has just released a list of 181 good ideas.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/181-things-to-do-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 The Apollo Missions 11 through 17 Panoramas of the moon http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/the-apollo-missions-11-through-17-panoramas-of-the-moon/ http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/the-apollo-missions-11-through-17-panoramas-of-the-moon/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:51:22 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/the-apollo-missions-11-through-17-panoramas-of-the-moon/ Experience the moon just as the astronauts did – almost as you were there. View interactive QuickTime VR Panoramas in full-screen from the 6 Apollo Missions who landed on moon.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/02/06/the-apollo-missions-11-through-17-panoramas-of-the-moon/feed/ 0 Earth’s Moon Destined to Disintegrate http://hyper123.net/2007/01/25/earths-moon-destined-to-disintegrate/ http://hyper123.net/2007/01/25/earths-moon-destined-to-disintegrate/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:18:48 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/01/25/earths-moon-destined-to-disintegrate/ The Sun is midway through its stable hydrogen burning phase known as the main sequence. But when the Sun enters the red giant phase in around 5 billion years things are going to get a lot rougher in the Earth-Moon system…..

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/01/25/earths-moon-destined-to-disintegrate/feed/ 0 Moon Over Andromeda http://hyper123.net/2007/01/02/moon-over-andromeda/ http://hyper123.net/2007/01/02/moon-over-andromeda/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:34:53 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/01/02/moon-over-andromeda/ The Great Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda (aka M31), a mere 2.5 million light-years distant, is the closest large spiral to our own Milky Way. Andromeda is visible to the unaided eye as a small, faint, fuzzy patch, but because its surface brightness is so low, casual sky gazers can’t appreciate the galaxy’s impressive extent in planet

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/01/02/moon-over-andromeda/feed/ 0 Race to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel http://hyper123.net/2006/12/15/race-to-the-moon-for-nuclear-fuel/ http://hyper123.net/2006/12/15/race-to-the-moon-for-nuclear-fuel/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:58:55 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/12/15/race-to-the-moon-for-nuclear-fuel/ NASA’s proposed 2024 moon base will be a steppingstone to Mars, but it may also be a mining outpost. The moon is an abundant source of helium-3, a potent fuel for next-generation nuclear reactors. Trouble is, China, India and Russia have their eyes on it too.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/12/15/race-to-the-moon-for-nuclear-fuel/feed/ 0 Huge Panoramic Photo of Lunar Surface taken by Apollo 17 Astronaut http://hyper123.net/2006/12/11/huge-panoramic-photo-of-lunar-surface-taken-by-apollo-17-astronaut/ http://hyper123.net/2006/12/11/huge-panoramic-photo-of-lunar-surface-taken-by-apollo-17-astronaut/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:27:30 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/12/11/huge-panoramic-photo-of-lunar-surface-taken-by-apollo-17-astronaut/ Visible above and by scrolling right are lunar rocks in the foreground, lunar mountains in the background, some small craters, a lunar rover, and astronaut Schmidt on his way back to the rover. A few days after this image was taken, humanity left the Moon and has yet to return

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/12/11/huge-panoramic-photo-of-lunar-surface-taken-by-apollo-17-astronaut/feed/ 0 US plans permanent base on Moon http://hyper123.net/2006/12/05/us-plans-permanent-base-on-moon/ http://hyper123.net/2006/12/05/us-plans-permanent-base-on-moon/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:33:08 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/12/05/us-plans-permanent-base-on-moon/ Will serve as science center and possible “stepping stone” for a Mars mission. Funds will come from scrapped shuttle missions, as well as other countries & even some businesses. Could the richest of us be vacationing at the moon in 15+ years?

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/12/05/us-plans-permanent-base-on-moon/feed/ 0 Nasa looks to a new frontier by building telescope on the Moon http://hyper123.net/2006/12/02/nasa-looks-to-a-new-frontier-by-building-telescope-on-the-moon/ http://hyper123.net/2006/12/02/nasa-looks-to-a-new-frontier-by-building-telescope-on-the-moon/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:34:21 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/12/02/nasa-looks-to-a-new-frontier-by-building-telescope-on-the-moon/ The most powerful radiotelescope yet devised is to be built on the Moon, under plans being put together by Nasa for its 2018 lunar mission.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/12/02/nasa-looks-to-a-new-frontier-by-building-telescope-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 Who Owns the Moon? http://hyper123.net/2006/09/25/who-owns-the-moon/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/25/who-owns-the-moon/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:03:30 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/25/who-owns-the-moon/ Letters to George W. Bush from German citizens attempting to affirm their rights to moon land they have purchased for $19.99 an acre. “Dear Mr. Bush: I read an article about the plans of the U.S. government to build a space station on the moon. For me this is more than just an ordinary news, because I am the owner of a part of the moon’s surface.”

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