The Lunar Linux development team proudly announced two days ago, on December 27th, the immediate availability of the Lunar Linux 1.6.4, dubbed Lacus Autumni. This new release of Lunar Linux was developed for about two years, it is more polished, faster, and it is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.27.10. Moreover, the i... |
29 December 2008
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The common belief has it that the Moon provides its best viewing period while it is at its fullest and, if you think about it, to some extent, it would make sense. But it is far from being so, claim specialists. In spite of the opinion of those who are strangers to astronomy, the Earth's natural satellite offers... |
10 December 2008
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The race to the Moon starts to look more as an obligation rather than a competition, with Korea adding up to the increasing number of the countries which turn their face to our natural satellite. It feels like it's the normal thing to do if you want to get noticed as an important nation. Recently, South Korea ha... |
2 December 2008
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Lunar quakes were discovered during the Apollo missions, and found to be of several types, but the actual source for each of them has eluded scientists so far, given that our natural satellite has no record of tectonic activity. And if we are ever to have a stable base on the Moon's surface, one that can take in... |
24 November 2008
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The United States, Russia, India, Japan and China have all announced plans to send astronauts back to the Moon around 2020. India's space agency, although lacking the level of funding found in the US and Japan, has an ambitious plan for the next decade.In a statement made this spring by India's then presid... |
30 July 2007
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NASA and one of its many contractors are planning a future Moon base, an outpost that could be reused by the crews of the next lunar missions to land on the surface in the next decades. This base camp will house astronauts, allowing them to use the moon's natural resources, conduct scientific experiments and ev... |
23 July 2007
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Japan announced this week the launch date for the first lunar orbiter, announced JAXA, the Japanese space agency. After many delays, the mission, called SELENE - Selenological and Engineering Explorer - will be launched on August 16.The mission costs $269 million, and will launch a probe aboard an H-2A rocket, the s... |
14 June 2007
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