NASA discovers water on the moon — or did it?NASA grabbed headlines around the world with its announcement it has found “a significant amount” of water on the moon. But is 25 gallons of water really all that “significant”? It all sounds like a galactic-sized cash grab to Jon Wiener.
The moon
Buzz Aldrin: Let’s all go to the moon!
Buzz Aldrin has been to the moon — and he wants you to go, too. Instead of another space race to be first to colonise the moon, he wants all the nations of the world to come together and share in a “new lunar renaissance”.
NASA bombs the moon
NASA is about to launch a bombing raid on the moon, firing two space missiles at the lunar surface in an effort to look for more water. Space colonies, here we come!
How Twitter ruined NASA’s big day
NASA was all set to make its big announcement that water has been found on the moon, until some spoil-sports on Twitter let it all spill early. More proof the internet has killed the media embargo?
The dark side of the moon
The sun never shines on the floor of some of the moon’s deeper craters. So what lies there? Ice? Aliens? Spaceships? For the first time, the US and India are teaming up to take a closer look.
In the eclipse’s shadow
On July 22, 2009, the Moon’s shadow engulfed Taiwan and a large swath of southeastern China and the Pacific Ocean during an unusually long total eclipse of the Sun. NASA has the images.
NASA may not build a moon base
Boo! NASA are likely to abandon their plans to build an outpost on the moon. The GFC is shattering dreams. Space dreams.
