New Year, Halos and Blue Moons
Here in Santa Cruz, New Year’s Eve brought an unusual coincidence of two astronomical events. One of them was a worldwide event: It was the second full moon of the month, or a “blue moon.” The usage...
View ArticleGuide to the Cosmos, gold, New Scientist
As of today, I’m on a podcast! Check out “Guide to the Cosmos,” a podcast hosted by Dr. Robert Piccioni, at www.guidetothecosmos.com. It was actually Christmas Eve Day when we recorded this interview...
View ArticleThere is No Santa Claus; Is There an Enterprise?
For months we’ve been waiting to hear what the Obama administration response would be to the Augustine Commission report on the future of NASA’s manned space flight program. Now it looks as if we have...
View ArticleChange of Pace — and Puzzle
I will say more in the very near future about the Obama administration’s decision on the NASA budget, which was the subject of my last post. Today, however, I’d like to offer a change of pace. When I...
View ArticleLunar water update
Now that it doesn’t matter any more, the amount of water on the moon just keeps going up and up and up. Last October, it was a glassful of water per football field of soil. In November, it was twelve...
View ArticleThe Moon and Easter
… or, “How to Make a Simple Definition Really Complicated” Today I was chatting with a friend of mine about when Easter is this year, and he cited the well-known (and incorrect) formula: “Easter is...
View ArticleNew Scientist article
My article for New Scientist about the discovery of more-abundant-than-expected lunar water finally reached the newsstands last week. I’d like to welcome any readers of that article who have come to...
View ArticleDiscover article on the Moon
I wrote last week about my New Scientist article on lunar water, which came out in the April 3-9 issue. One of my regrets was that the article took so long in press, so that it was too late to affect...
View ArticleObama’s Speech — Some Cheers, Some Jeers
Today President Obama gave a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, announcing his new plan for space exploration in the 21st century. When I first started reading about this upcoming speech a day or so...
View ArticleHiatus
I suppose it’s only polite to announce what is already evident from the lack of posts here over the last couple of months. I’m taking a break from this moon blog, but I hope to come back when I have...
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