“Shadow on the Moon” by Charles Lee Lesher. Published in 2010 by Writers Cramp Publishing, it weighs in at 485 pages all-in. This book combines an updated version of his previous novel “Evolution’s Child” with his new story “Revelation’s Child”. Some editing errors noted, though this time around I sent him a list and they’re being corrected. Noteworthy is the fact that Chuck also runs the Moon Society’s Moon and high frontier short-story periodical “Moonbeams“.
The year is 2092. Lazarus Sheffield is an unsettled Senior Analyst for the Department of Homeland Security in the hyper-religious Christian fundamentalist nation that the U.S. becomes, the North American Federation. His job is to determine threats to the Federation, primarily from the Islamic Brotherhood, the hyper-religious Muslim fundamentalist counter to the Federation. He thinks something’s up, but the threat seems to be to the Republic of Luna on the Moon. The Federation is bound by treaty law to alert the Lunarians to the threat, but upper management seems bound and determined to ignore the threat to the godless mutant troublemakers.
His conscience drives him to a desperate plan to go rogue and warn the Lunarians himself, at great personal and mental risk. Having sent people to re-education camps himself, he’s well aware of the consequences of failure. Somehow, he manages to get onto a LEO-bound transport, and a friendly Lunarian helps guide him through the perils and pleasures of microgravity as they transfer at Heaven’s Gate in LEO to a Moon-bound transport. Arriving on the Moon, an entirely new culture awaits him.
The Moon is a surveillance state, but one where everyone surveils through the use of visors, which record the environment around the user, as well as enhance the transfer of visual information. I picture them as kind of like the visors on the TV show “Caprica”. Everything is recorded and stored in public databases and is accessible by everyone. The Lunarians use an amalgam of databases and AI to create a kind of system overseer named Magi (pronounced Maggie). To lie, prevaricate, dissemble, or otherwise convey untruths is severely frowned upon in Lunar society. Transgression is met with ostracism. The watchmen are watched by everyone, and everything is recorded. Individuals can also use their visors to piggyback on what someone else is seeing.
 There are scattered communities around Aldrin Station, which is the central presence for the Lunar Republic. Most serve specialized functions, like hydroponic farming or metals production, and are linked by shipping companies. Life is tough on the Moon, and everyone is supposed to contribute to their community. They don’t have a military per se, in fact all public records are publically available, but they do have a specialized paramilitary unit, the Quan Kiai, who embrace the warrior ethos.
Lazarus is a stranger in a strange land, and few trust him. But the threat he has uncovered is real, and soon the Moon will know all out war. A war that will grow to encompass all of cislunar space, but also carries the seed of a different tomorrow.
It’s hard to know where to begin with this one. The elements of the story are deeply interwoven, and the influences range from 19th Century cultural discovery stories to battle scenes from “Battlestar Galactica”. Even the death chant from “The 13th Warrior” (Lo, there do I see my Mother and my Father…). The concept of the cultural ramifications of a technologically advanced society aided by AIs, genetic engineering and advanced physics is explored, and raises questions about the nature of our own society and where we want it to go.
Lazarus provides an interesting contrast - raised in an asymmetric surveillance state, he’s used to being one of the watchmen. Being on the receiving end is not something he’s comfortable with, though he was more than happy to inflict it on the Federation citizenry. He’s also steeped in the kind of duplicity that Lunarians revile, though in the end they use it to their advantage. He also serves the role of the outsider, looking in, trying to grok this new and different and wonderful culture.
The religious side of the story is presented in stark contrasts. The Lunarians are a-theists, with theism absent from their mainstream culture except as a historical lesson in psychological abberation. The U.S. has become a fundamentalist Christian super-state, carefully controlling the dogma of its citizens to ensure their wholesomeness and adherence to strict moral values. The Islamic Brotherhood is a fundamentalist Muslim super-state, strictly inculcating their adherents in the strictures of the Qu’ran, making them good footsoldiers in a plan for global domination.
Speaking of soldiers, once the story enters act two the fighting starts increasing in frequency and intensity. I don’t read much militaristic fiction, and so can’t speak to the quality of the descriptions of the battles, but they kept the pages turning and the different aspects of the battle were relatively easy to follow. The author does include some maps in the front of the book to help keep track of the changes in locale. The scale ranges from guerrilla assaults on convoys to hundreds of space fighters engaging in cislunar space around massive battlestations.
So overall it’s a good read that pleasures the brain while also challenging it. Moral choices that may have seemed easy in the beginning are revealed to be far more ambiguous than first anticipated. While the Federation and Brotherhood have their obvious flaws, the Lunar Republic is revealed to be not as pure as the driven snow either. The author starts each chapter with a quote from a historical figure of our times, and the one that has been just an incessant burr in my saddle is this:
“No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God”
George H.W. Bush
That just…I…the…grrrrrr!
Look, I’m used to being, effectively, a second-class citizen in the U.S. by virtue of my a-theism. But to call into question my citizenship (I was born at Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania to a USAF Private and a nurse) and my patriotism (I was dragged around the country and across the pond during my childhood while my father served in defense of this nation, from town to town and school to school. When the family got back from England in the late 70s I was so, so happy to be back in the U.S., back in the U.S., back in the U.S. of A. that I got down on my hands and knees and kissed the ground when we got off the plane) because there is an absence of theism in my life is patently absurd, and comes mighty close to insulting my honor. But the quote does highlight the kind of thinking that goes on in the world, and why escape valves, like access to space destinations, are so important. So that reasonable folk can get away from self-important blowhards trying to tell everyone how they should live and think. And in 2092, the Moon just isn’t quite far enough away anymore.
I’ll go with a Full Moon for “Shadow on the Moon“.
Anderson, David Lee
“Glider”
2000
Print
#15/100
Artist’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: Another nice addition to the Lunar Library from the Art Show at FenCon.
Farran, Randy
“An Unearthly Howling”
2010
Librarian’s Note: A nice piece I picked up at FenCon this last weekend at the Art Show. It will go well with the other art for kids in the Lunar Library.
Constructive Playthings
“Space Adventure”
Keenway Industries
2010
Item #12431/KNW-431L
Publisher’s Web Site
Housuke Nojiri. Trans. by Joseph Reeder
“Rocket Girls”
Viz Media/Haikasoru
1995 (09/2010)
ISBN13: 978-1-421-53641-2
Publisher’s Web Site
“Red Moon” by Chris Berman. Published in 2010 by Xpress Yourself Publishing, it weighs in at 298 pages. A variety of editing errors, mainly in the last third of the book. My favorite was Atkins Basin for Aitken Basin.
The time is the near future, 2017. A joint Russo-American mission travels to the Moon in a mission of peace as a prelude to efforts to exploit the ice fields of the Lunar south pole. And maybe catch a peek at the Chinese base that is already there for the same ends, ostensibly. The spacecraft passes behind the Moon, and mission controllers on Earth anxiously wait for the re-establishment of signal. And wait. Then watch in horror as a debris stream is revealed by radar. The Chinese base relays the unfortunate message that they saw the craft struck by an asteroid while it was over the far side. So sorry.
At least on the surface it appears that way. It turns out the Americans have slightly better intel than the Chinese give them credit for, and they know the truth - a missile was launched to the far side from the Chinese base that destroyed the international mission. But to what end?
The Americans suspect there’s more going on than meets the eye, and so begin a crash program to make sure they can get to the Moon and establish a foothold to counter the threat. Disgraced astronaut John McGovern, chased out of NASA for too vocally espousing a view of a strong Chinese threat to global space interests, is asked to return by the the President to cobble together a mission to the Moon within 60 days, with his good friend Norm Taggert (a clear nod to astronaut Norm Thagard) leading the charge at NASA.
Little do they know that the plans and machinations are far more complicated than they could ever imagine, as a deranged psychopath has worked his way into a position of significant power in the Chinese hierarchy, and has hatched a triple-blind plot to establish sole Chinese mastery of the Lunar surface, and thereby set the stage for Chinese domination of the entire world. Moves and countermoves position the pieces around the world, and government leaders find themselves on the terrifying precipice of nuclear holocaust.
Positioned squarely as a techno-thriller, this work makes extensive use of cislunar space (which the author misnomers as trans-lunar space), out to and including the Moon and its sphere of influence. The Chinese are there to harvest the metals of the Moon and sell them at a fair price to the ‘third world’ nations of Earth, or at least that’s what they try to sell the U.N. on, and almost get away with it thanks to some black ops. There’s devious sabotage, spies and moles at all levels everywhere on the hunt for the generous amounts of money that the Chinese can dole out, traitors and thugs, and a mad psychopath with access to a nuclear arsenal both on Earth and off.
It reads at a brisk pace, with lots of twists and turns. It does make extensive use of NASA’s Constellation rockets Ares I and Ares V and assumes that both would be ready by the late 20 teens. I do like the idea of cobbling together pieces of hardware internationally - a Salyut from Russia, a docking node from Europe, some American Lunar landers, and a “Bellamy Aerospace” inflatable hab to create a cislunar spacecraft.
The science is generally right, like the part with the vacuum breathing or the awkwardness of movement in 1/6th G, but some parts seem off, as when the spacecraft seems to loiter over the near side while a spycam takes a peek around the far side. The characterizations are sufficient to advance the plot, and it was interesting how the author tapped into elements of Chinese culture in developing the plot. Not merely the concept of “saving face”, but also folk elements like the idea of the rare individual, usually aided by a motley crew of supporters, who can rise up against overwhelming tyranny and do the right thing against unbelievable odds for the Chinese people.
There’re certainly pulse-pounding action sequences with lots of risk and high danger. Those wanting a little romance are also accommodated. The only real issue I had was with the increase in editing errors in the last third of the book. Some were obvious, like Navel magazine for Naval magazine or Atkins Basin for Aitken Basin (how much you want to bet that was an auto-spell-check change?), others the kind of thing only my Aspie brain would pick up on.
I’m going to go with a three-quarter Moon at perigee for “Red Moon“
Kou Yaginuma
“Twin Spica, Vol. 3″ (Futatsu no Supika)
Vertical, Inc.
2002 (2010)
ISBN13: 978-1-934-28790-3
Publisher’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: A very sentimental story so far, as Asumi struggles in her studies at the Tokyo Space Academy. One of my favorite pages so far:
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Howdy everyone!
I’ve got a new project I’m working on, and here’s the back story. Back in late 2002, the Boy Scout headquarters, located here in the D/FW metroplex, contacted the local chapter of National Space Society to get their help in updating the Space Exploration Merit Badge pamphlet. This was finished up in late 2003, about the time I joined the chapter, and published in 2004. While I didn’t get to help with the update, I did counsel the merit badge at one point and let me tell you it is not an easy task.
Well, now with the Shuttle going away and everything up in the air regarding the future of human spaceflight, it’s probably a good time to put the space exploration merit badge on a firm foundation for the future. As a consequence, the Boy Scouts have again contacted NSS of North Texas to see if we can help out.
I’ve already got the chapter working on changes and updates, but I wanted to see if the broader space community might be interested in offering input. How would you update things for the 21st Century?
Here are the current requirements:
1) Tell the purpose of space exploration and include the following:
1. Historical reason
2. Immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge
3. Benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products
2) Design a collector’s card, with a picture on the front and information on the back, about your favorite space pioneer. Share your card and discuss four other space pioneers with your counselor.
3) Build, launch, and recover a model rocket. Make a second launch to accomplish a specific objective. (Rocket must be built to meet the safety code of the National Association of Rocketry.) Identify and explain the following rocket parts.
1. Body tube
2. Engine mount
3. Fins
4. Igniter
5. Launch lug
6. Nose cone
7. Payload
8. Recovery system
9. Rocket Engine
4) Discuss and demonstrate each of the following:
1. The law of action-reaction
2. How rocket engines work
3. How satellites stay in orbit
4. How satellite pictures of the Earth and pictures of other planets are made and transmitted
5) Do TWO of the following:
1. Discuss with your counselor an unmanned space exploration mission and an early manned mission. Tell about each mission’s major discoveries, its importance, and what we learned from it about the planets, moons, or regions of space explored.
2. Using magazine photographs, news clippings, and electronic articles (such as from the Internet), make a scrapbook about a current planetary mission.
3. Design an unmanned mission to another planet or moon that will return samples of its surface to Earth. Name the planet or moon your spacecraft will visit. Show how your design will cope with the conditions of the planet’s or moon’s environment.
6) Describe the purpose and operation of ONE of the following:
1. Space Shuttle
2. International Space Station
7) Design an inhabited base on the Moon or Mars. Make drawings or a model of your base. In your design, consider and plan for the following:
1. Source of energy
2. How it will be constructed
3. Life-support system
4. Purpose and function
8 ) Discuss with your counselor two possible careers in space exploration that interest you. Find out the qualifications, education, and preparation required and discuss the major responsibilities of those positions.
So those are the requirements. It seems straightforward, but running one is far more difficult than it appears, and it has to be remembered that the badge is counseled by volunteers who may but probably not have a Master of Space Studies degree, cum laude, from International Space University. (Class of 2001 in da house!) This cannot be graduate level stuff.
Here are the ground rules.
1) The book is not going to get a major overhaul. It is going to be updated.
2) BSA will consider changes to the requirements, but only if strongly supported.
3) I don’t care what you think about BSA policies regarding who may counsel a merit badge.
4) Comments along those lines will be deleted. My blog is not a platform for your busybodiness.
5) Let’s try to keep it Solar system-centric. There’s an Astronomy merit badge for trans-Solar stuff.
6) The deadline for round one is October 20th, 2010.
To give you an idea about the sort of things I’m thinking, some of my initial thoughts are:
1) Replace the Space Shuttle program description requirement (6.1) with a review of current and near-future launch and crew vehicles. Atlas, Delta, Falcon, Dragon, Orion, CST-100, and so forth. This is much more relevant for youngsters who may develop an interest in space pursuits over the next decade. A solid set of weblinks, such as to the actual launcher guides, is important.
2) Given recent circumstances, perhaps a crewed mission to an asteroid should be considered for one of the requirements. Or even a facility established in an asteroid for 7.
3) I’d like to see more of a systems engineering approach to Req. 7, as seen in some of the books from Jerry Jon Sellers of the U.S. Air Force Academy. (Air Force brat in da house!)
4) I can think of several space career books in the Lunar Library, but they’re all rather dated. Sheffield & Rosin’s “Space Careers” is from 1984. Schefter’s “Aerospace Careers” is from 1987. Sacknoff & David’s “Space Careers” is from 1998. Are there good online links?
I’ve got other ideas as well, but I can’t show all of my cards just yet.
For full disclosure, I was a Cub Scout in Willingham, near Cambridge, when I was a kid, and did rather well, learning lots of useful skills. This entitled me to wear the purple and white international patch (now everyone gets to wear it) when we moved to Austin, TX, where I got into Boy Scouts, and progressed to Second Class before stalling out. All I needed was the First Aid merit badge to progress to First Class, but they would never test me for it, no matter how much I badgered them, even after I switched to a different troop. The best reasoning I’ve been able to come up with is that I was an admitted a-theist, and so didn’t conform to First Class Scout standards. Especially deep in the Bible Belt. The irony is that I’m one of the first responders at work, trained in CPR and AED, and am also one of the Fire Marshals on my floor. Not a First Class Scout my butt.
In any event, if you have a suggestion or idea, please leave it in the comments. Don’t load it up with links because I’ve got my spam filter set to annihilate and lots of links freaks it out. You can e-mail Ken [@] outofthecradle [.] net if you’ve got a list of relevant web links.
What are your ideas? Any suggestions for a Next Gen space merit badge?
“Lunar Settlements”, edited by Haym Benaroya. Published in 2010 by CRC Press, it weighs in at 783 pages all told. A handful of errors, the most notable the use of decent for descent in a number of papers, a typical spellcheck oversight.
These are the conference proceedings of the Rutgers Symposium on Lunar Settlements, held in June 2007, and which I unfortunately missed as it was right after my ISDC and I was still in recovery mode. I should have been there, as it looks to have been a good conference.
The overwhelming volume of content (45 chapters and many, many abstracts) is divided into seven main sections:
I. The Past and Future
This section opens up the proceedings with a bit of looking back to look forward. Harrison Schmitt makes his pitch for Helium-3 as an energy source, one that he thoroughly outlines in his book “Return to the Moon“. Paul Lowman, whom I met at NASA Goddard during my summer with the NASA Academy and who nurtured my Lunar interests, gives an overview of the conference and some background on a few of the speakers. Marsha Freeman gives an overview of the work that Krafft Ehricke did on Lunar settlements as part of his Extraterrestrial Imperative, and the basis for her book from Apogee Books. Next up is a series of extracts from H.H. Koelle’s weekly notes to Wernher Von Braun back in the day. Then there’s Dennis Wingo and Charles Lundquist addressing the issue of preserving knowledge gained during the Apollo years, a project that Dennis is working on right now. Last up, Terry Hart gives an overview of the challenges of working in space.
II. Lunar Development
Paul Eckert, who was instrumental in getting the Lunar Commerce Roundtables started, outlines some of the lessons learned from the LCRs. Ida Kutschera and Mike Ryan from Bellarmine University give an unusual perspective on the Human Resource management issues that might be faced in non-terrestrial settlements. Walt Kistler, Bob Citron and Tom Taylor give a thorough overview of Lunar Commercial Logistics Transportation and suggest solutions for some of the challenges, such as a Lunar ‘Burro’. Mary Lynne Dittmar and a bunch of folks from the Astronaut Office at JSC look at using robots for the initial stages of resource development and how they might be tasked to that end. This is further explored by Alex Ignatiev et al in the context of solar cell fabrication and how the Moon can supply the basic components.
III. Outer Space Habitat Design
The Italians have long been known for their design work, and Irene Sclhacht argues in her paper that by applying a multi-disciplinary approach to Lunar habitat design can provide for much higher levels of user reliability. Melchiorre Masali et al look at the human body in outer space, and how the their research has identified the Madagascar Lemur as a model for adaptation to 1g/0g and how that might affect design considerations. Ms. Schlacht returns, with Henrik Birke, to highlight the importance of visual design in promoting a sense of well-being in outer space facilities, and provides some sample color schemes. Ayako Ono, an ISU alum, talks about art as a further enhancement to the quality of life of future Lunar dwellers, and provides a number of specific examples of how that could be achieved. Some of these ideas are further explored by Bates and Marquit of USU, who have looked at the psychological benefits of plants in enclosed facilities. I, for one, am 100% in favor of having an abundance of growing things at a future Lunar base. Ms. Schlacht closes this particular section with perspectives on how applying a multi-disciplinary approach to Lunar habitat design can provide for much higher levels of user well-being to future inhabitants.
Section IV. The Human Condition
One way to try to figure out what will happen to people over the longer term on the Moon is to work up a digital model of human systems, and then change the environmental parameters. This is what Richard Summers et al have done at the University of Mississippi Medical School. They have adapted an existing model for over 4,000 biologic interactions in the body, as well as conditions particular to spaceflight. Running these for presumed Lunar condition does raise a number of concerns. There are more than biophysical processes to worry about, and Chester Spell from the Rutgers School of Business addresses the mental health of workers in a Lunar settlement. Jesper Jorgensen of SpaceArch notes that humans are both the strongest and the weakest link in the chain of Lunar development, and some of the lessons we’ve learned from extreme circumstances here on Earth. Sheryl Bishop of UTMB looks at psychosocial factors that will be important for long-term and permanent residents, and some potential design solutions. From a physical health perspective, François Lévy of synthesis international looks at the issue of Radon in the Lunar regolith, which may have implications for its use as a construction material. Claudio Maccone talks about an issue that I am in favor of, that of the creation of an area on the far side of the Moon that is protected from radio wave “pollution”, what he calls a “protected antipode circle” that would be shielded from even activities at L-4 and L-5. Last up, Dr. David Livingston of The Space Show takes a 2×4 of harsh reality to the upside of the heads of dreamers in “Developing the Moon with Ethics and Reality”, whose thesis basically boils down to “there’s currently no transportation to the Moon, so talking about Moon business is fantasy”. It’s couched in slightly more sophisticated terms, but comes across as rather harsh. This was a time when David was hanging out with the Space Cynics, so the tone doesn’t particularly surprise me.
V. Planning and Analogues
In this section the focus moves into moving Moon bases from talk to action. Jim Burke, whose Lunar work dates back to the Ranger/Surveyor days and for whom I have an enormous amount of respect, takes a high level view of what it takes to move Lunar base living beyond the pioneering stage. Marc Cohen of Northrop Grumman takes a look at a workshop conducted by the Space Enterprise Council, previously of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in August 2006 to evaluate NASA’s candidate Lunar objective. Attendees plowed through some 87 objectives in 18 scientific and technical groupings to find priorities and provide some structure. This was a complex paper, but there were a lot of interesting nuggets to draw out of the content. Niklas Järvstråt from Sweden talks about field testing future Lunar equipment, and the Moon-Mine he is setting up to that end. Olga Bannova from the Univ. of Houston Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture covers some of the lessons of extreme terrestrial environments in preparing for Solar system exploration. Larry Bell, also of SICSA, looks at some of the infrastructure planning they’ve done and some suggested solutions. Gregory Konesky of SGK Nanostructures suggests a series of hierarchical rovers devoted to specific tasks which work together to achieve exploration goals like site selection for a base. Lastly, Jerome Pearson et al from Star Technology and Research describe a Lunar space elevator for the transport of Lunar resources to cis-Lunar and/or trans-Lunar space.
Section VI. Lunar Bases
Moving on to setting up shop on the Moon, Florian Ruess et al from Habitats for Extreme Environments (HE2) look at the greyfield development of a Lunar base site and some of the equipment requirements. Jablonski and Ogden review some of the technical requirements for Lunar structures and the materials from which they are composed, with lots of bibliographical references. Giorgio Gaviraghi of eDL offers up a design concept for a first crewed base, the Bidu Guiday (local Charruan for ‘Beautiful Moon’), as does Werner Grandl , who takes a more modular approach. Haym Benaroya looks at robotic construction of a future Lunar facility, and how local materials can be used. Braun and Ruess from HE2 undertake an extensive mathematical analysis of reliability-based design in Lunar habitats, some pretty advanced stuff. Phil Metzger from NASA and Lane et al from ASRC Aerospace look at how the Lunar dust behaves in proximity to rocket motor operation, a talk I got to see at a subsequent LEAG meeting. Glassifying the landing pad and building up berms around the pad will go a long way towards solving the problem. A bigger threat is meteoroid impacts (a question raised during my Moon talk at Moon Day), and William Schonberg of Missouri University of Science & Technology and Putzar and Schäfer of Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics look at shielding and mitigation strategies to deal with the issue. Lastly, Rygalov and Stoffel from the UND Dept. of Space Studies look at some of the important factors in setting up a greenhouse on the Moon, and include an appendix on some past efforts at closing the life-support loop.
VII. Lunar Soil Mechanics
One of the most important considerations for construction and long term living on the Moon involves dealing with the dust and soil. The last section of the book explores this topic in great detail. Chang and Hicher develop a mathematical model for the physical properties of the Lunar soil. Arslan et al from the Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Laboratory of Atmosphere and Space Physics look at the the geotechnical engineering properties of Lunar soil simulants, which are growing in popularity as a research tool, and something that NASA is looking closely at. Jason Florek of Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants looks at extending terrestrial models for soil penetrating and excavating to Lunar conditions. Martina Pinni takes a close look at Lunar concrete. And lastly, Satadal Das of the Peerless Hospital and B.K. Roy Research Centre speculates on how silicon-utilizing organisms can be used to treat Lunar soil.
Subsequent to this section are the abstracts submitted by all of the speakers in the symposium, in order of appearance, not all of which ended up as papers. Nevertheless, there are a lot of interesting nuggets buried in the abstracts, so they definitely merit a review.
Overall, a very chunky work that digests slowly. As can be seen, the book covers a broad range of Lunar related topics, and in many ways can be considered a spiritual successor to “Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century“, but it works very well in conjunction with the much more current “Lunar Base Handbook” and “The Moon: Resources, Future Development, and Settlement“. I imagine if someone were to offer a university course on Lunar studies, this would be a good candidate for one of the textbooks.
This one is definitely not for the lay person. A number of the papers are clearly written at the graduate level, and some of the math left me behind. Anyone who spends any time at conferences like LEAG and LPSC will be familiar with much of the content, but it is still useful for the many bibliographic references throughout.
Hopefully Haym will be putting another one of these together for the not too distant future. There’s a lot more Moon interest out there than most people realize, but folks are starved for good information. Many are the times that people have come up to me after my Moon presentation and said they had no idea there was so much to know. The more Moon conferences the better as far as I’m concerned.
This one gets a Full Moon rating.
Kokh, Peter (Ed.)
“Moon Miner’s Manifesto”
The Moon Society
09/2010
#238
Publisher’s Web Site
Librarian’s Note: This month’s issue was so good I had to post it in the Lunar Library. Excellent content on the waypoints between here and destination Moon; fresh space suit concepts; how the Lunar everdark craters can prep us for expeditions to the outer Solar system; an overview of EML-1; and guidelines for projects. For Moon Society members only, so if you’re not a member do yourself a favor and join today!
Benaroya, Haym
“Turning Dust to Gold: Building a Future on the Moon and Mars”
Springer-Praxis Books
2010
ISBN13: 978-1-441-90870-4
Publisher’s Web Site
The Space Show Interview
Carroll, Michael
“The Seventh Landing: Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay”
Springer Science+Business Media LLC
2009
ISBN13: 978-0-387-93880-6
Publisher’s Web Site
Artist’s Web Site
Out of the Cradle Review
Nature Magazine Review
NSS Reading Space Review
Librarian’s Note: A nice layperson’s introduction to going back to our Moon. If your local library doesn’t have a copy, it should.
Phelan, William
“Casablanca on the Moon”
graphicdes.com
2010
Richards, Justin
“Doctor Who: Apollo 23″
BBC Books
2010
ISBN13: 978-1-846-07200-0
Publisher’s Web Site
Den of Geek! Review
Librarian’s Note: This is the third Doctor Who book in the Lunar Library, this one updated for the 11th (!?!) Doctor. Yours truly grew up with Tom Baker back in the mid-70s, the 4th Doctor to travel through time and relative dimensions in space. Tempus fugit.
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