Out of the Cradle

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Lunar Ventures 2008

Lunar Ventures
Colorado School of Mines - Center for Space Resources
Lunar Ventures 2008
Golden, CO
Finals: March 28-29, 2008
Finalists & Winners

Launch Magazine Vol. 2, No. 3

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Launch Magazine Vol. 2, No. 3
MM Publishing Inc.
Mar/Apr 2008
Publisher’s Web Site

Best of the Moon 2008 - Youth High Frontier Fact -

“Building a Base on the Moon: Part 4 - Infrastructure and Transportation”

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O’Neill, Ian
“Building a Base on the Moon: Part 4 - Infrastructure and Transportation”
Universe Today
03/22/2008
On-Line Text

Lunar Quadrant Maps

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University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Lunar Quadrant Maps
Sky Publishing
1964 (200?)
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: One of the cool goodies I found at The Observatory here in the Metroplex. Now I just need to get them framed…

Espace Magazine

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Espace Magazine
Groupe Tiqap
Mars/Avril 2008
Publisher’s Web Site
On-Line Text

Best of the Moon 2008 - La Lune

Librarian’s Note: Another beautiful and info-packed issue. The subscription for this one is not cheap, especially as the dollar continues to weaken (luckily I prepaid for two years back when the dollar had some strength), but it is sooo worth it. This issue features articles on the Mercury visit, the Columbus Module, the ATV, Italian ISS specialists ALTEC, a look at the ‘tormented’ Ares I, the Chinese ShenLong spaceplane(?), the forgotten Apollo 11 silicon disk, Asia’s (ex-China & Japan) contributions to space, a Mars astromobile, the French spaceplane, and much, much more. I even learn new French words like écusson.

“Special Report: Space-Based Solar Power”

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Various
“Special Report: Space-Based Solar Power”
adAstra, the Magazine of the National Space Society
Mm Publishing
Spring 2008
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: I just heard from the NSS that the Special Report is now available online!

“The Zula Patrol Explore Space!” (DVD)

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Liberation Kids
“The Zula Patrol Explore Space!”
Zula USA, LLC/Liberation Entertainment Inc.
2008
00:57:00
zula.com
Stock #LIB00126WRP1
Publisher’s Web Site

Librarian’s Note: Surprisingly educational for all of its little kid wackiness. Comes with a set of removable plastic clings of the Solar system. The packaging said it was a Borders Books exclusive, click the image.

Round-up at the Lunar Corral

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Howdy everyone! One of the goodies I picked up during my abbreviated trip to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference was a handout from the LPI Education and Public Outreach office with a whole bunch of Moon-related websites on it. This is the sort of thing that often gets distributed to teachers to pass on to their students, but since I’m not a teacher I’ll just pass it on to visitors to Out of the Cradle.

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“Jupiter Moon: The Pirates of Leda” (DVD)

A Primetime-Andromeda Production, in association with British Satellite Broadcasting
“Jupiter Moon: The Pirates of Leda”
Image Entertainment
1990 (2007)
15:49:00
Publisher’s Web Site

Best of the Moon 2008 - High Frontier Fiction

Librarians’ Note: The 75 episodes released to date on DVD weave quite an interesting story of college students on a large spacecraft in orbit around Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. There’s a lot of drama as a varied cast of character archetypes rotate through the focus of the story, the adventures of the spaceship ILEA and Columbus College. [My character archetype would be Finbow Lewis, and just like his character I had an immediate crush on Herlinde. I can’t believe I’m that predictable] An errant comet, a megalomaniacal scientist leading humanity’s first step to another star, a desperate rescue, secret nukes and pirates plundering the vast resources of the Jupiter system, leaving the last episode a life-or-death cliff-hanger! This one is definitely an early contender for Best of the Moon 2008 in High Frontier fiction.

Every explorer needs a map.

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Moon Poster & Map by John Moore. Unknown publication date.

We’ve visited Moon maps before here at Out of the Cradle. One of the enabling tools for opening a new frontier is a knowledge of the ‘lay of the land’, and maps and map reading are key basic elements to get anyone started on knowing where things are on the Moon. Still, there’s more to being on the Moon than just the terrain, and that’s an area in which this poster stands out.

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Home on the Moon - Welcome to Moonbase

We’ve got a pair of reviews this time around, two books about living and working on the Moon.

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39th Lunar (and Planetary) Science Conference

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39th Lunar (and Planetary) Science Conference
Lunar & Planetary Institute
South Shore Resort & Conference Center
League City, TX
March 10-14, 2008
Conference Announcement
Education/Public Outreach Workshop: “Reaching the Moon”

Librarian’s Note: I’m seriously considering this one, not only for the E/PO workshop, but also a “Combined Publishers’ Exhibit” featuring new publications, plus exhibits of works by independent authors. While nothing will be for sale at the conference, details will be available, and hopefully I can find a bunch of new items for the Lunar Library. Oh, and Mike Griffin is going to be there that Monday.

“Moonlight Mile: One Small Step” (DVD)

“Moonlight Mile: One Small Step”
ADV Films
2008
Publisher’s Web Site
Out of the Cradle Review
The Space Review Review
AnimeNewsNetwork Review
THAT Animeblog Review
Anime-Planet Review
SciFi.com Review

Best of the Moon 2008 - Moon Manga/Anime
Sleep is for the Weak Review

On the path to the Moon

“Moonlight Mile: One Small Step” original story by Yasuo Ohtagaki and published in Shogakukan’s “Big Comic Superior”. The DVD is distributed in the U.S. by ADV Films, and my copy just arrived at my local anime shop anime pop.

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“Space Adventure Bitty Bucket” (Play & Store)

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“Space Adventure Bitty Bucket”
Action Products International
2006
Item #10201
Publisher’s Web Site

Selenology Today #9a - Special Eclipse Issue

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Selenology Today #9a - Special Eclipse Issue
March 2008
On-Line Text (pdf)
Publisher’s Web Site

“Making Space Matter”

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Krause, Jason
“Making Space Matter”
ABA Journal
03/2008
On-Line Text