In the early 1990s Walt Disney, Lockheed and the Italian RAI TV network teamed up to create one of the most ambitious TV pilots ever. 'Plymouth' told the tale of a small Oregon town that gets trashed by a corporate mishap. The inhabitants are offered a chance to relocate to a failing lunar...
I think NASA research into this goes back a good while now, and certainly across a few presidential administrations.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172
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artemis program
cold war ii
department of energy
lunar
moon
moon base
moonbase
nasa
nuclear microreactor
nuclear power
small nuclear reactors
trump administration
united states
westinghouse electric company
"Restored USAF documentary from 1962 about future space exploration as imagined in the early 1960s. Cargo transport to space stations and lunar bases is shown using animation. Rockets (Saturn inspired), spaceplanes and cargo vehicles (Agena inspired) are depicted. "
Hey Y'all; just saw this,
NASA wants fresh ideas for recycling garbage on the moon
News
By Samantha Mathewson
published 18 July 2024
With crewed Artemis launches on the horizon, NASA is searching for sustainable solutions for waste management during long-term missions on the moon...
This for Alternate history Story i work on.
and i need advice and help on some details.
NEXT is Lunar Colonisation Program
It reuse the entire Launch rocket and Lunar lander
And orbital refuel for second stage for Lunar Trajectory Injection
To bring 60 metric tons lander to Lunar surface...
As the US looks to go back to the Moon with Artemis my question here is, what might have been feasible in the 1970s to keep the US sending manned expeditions to the Moon?
Clearly, the main obstacle was a political one. With no Soviet manned lunar programme once the US had got to the Moon first...
1970s
apollo applications program
apollo program
apollo x
cold war
heavy lift vehicle
lunar
moon
moonbase
nasa
space age
space race
space station
united states
On a very topical note, a horror game that, appropriately enough, has recently returned from the dead. Not to be confused with the 2020 game of the same name.
https://www.pcgamer.com/sorry-routine-is-back/
https://kotaku.com/routine-raw-fury-indie-horror-space-alien-isolation-pc-1849043193...
Jamie Anderson will release new Technical Hand book about Moonbase Alpha
feature new Data and allot stuff from Old Series over 250 illustration on 300 pages
Pre Order start on 13th September 2021 on Official Anderson Shop webpage
https://shop.gerryanderson.com
Jamie Anderson on book...
I wonder how much this will be driven by each country. Will one be more more in the driving seat than the other.
https://spacenews.com/china-russia-enter-mou-on-international-lunar-research-station/
2020s
2030s
china manned space agency
china national space administration
cold war ii
ilrs
lunar robots
moonbase
people's republic of china
robotics
roscosmos
russia
russian federation
Artemis is the overall NASA program aimed at re-establishing manned lunar exploration which includes the "lunar gateway".
A human rated, reusable lander is being developed using the model of the commercial crew program. The schedule goal is to conduct the first, un-crewed landing in 2024...
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-is-planning-to-build-a-permanent-manned-base-on-the-moon-095818907.html
Anyone have anything more on this new program?
Boeing Lunar Rover circa 1991
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Boeing-Lunar-Rover-Press-Photo-/190704380245?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66dde955
1991
apollo program
boeing
bush administration (20th century)
cold war
early 1990s
general motors
lunar
lunar outpost (sei)
lunar rover
moon
moonbase
nasa
nasa first lunar outpost program
post-cold war
space age
space exploration initiative
space race
united states
Westinghouse Moon Shelter concept drawing circa 1965 found on eBay.
URL:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Press-Photo-1965-Concept-Drawing-Moon-Shelter-Astronauts-Moon-Stay-/160738182426?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item256cbe051a
From the June 1959 edition of Popular Science, an article on the Martin Company's USAF Lunar Simulator project, basically intended to simulate conditions inside a long-term manned installation on the Moon. Among it's interesting features was the plan to eventually have it house it's own...
1959
cold war
glenn l. martin company
late 1950s
lunar
moon
moon base
moonbase
simulators
space race
training simulation
united states
united states air force
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NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there — that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way.
When the White House releases his budget proposal Monday, there will be no money for the Constellation program that was supposed...
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