Special Local Space Events:

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LepreCon39

Further Information when available.

See http://www.leprecon.org/

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TELEPRECENSE REMOTE CONTROL RACES

(Still on going planning for Races.)

The Moon Society Phoenix is still working on the Teleprecense Remote Control races.

Check this blog for details as they develop.

We are still discussing set-ups, rules, equipment and sponsorship rules at this time and it appears that the races wont occur until sometime in the late winter or early spring.

All races will be open to all comers, however, judging maybe bases on age and type (cost) of RV Car. If you prefer to buy your own car and practice for the races, then you will need a three (3) channel RC Car that can be purchased at Walmart, Target or another store. You will need a minature TV camera, a transmitter, a receiver and a device to display the picture from the Car so that you can practice driving the Car by use of the TV System only.

In the talking stages are basic racing, advanced races, and the Lunar Challenge, race heats may be run against the clock and/or one on one or more.

If you have comments and suggestions please make your comments to this blog or send them to me at portercd@msn.com Subject RC Racing.

Demonstrations of the Race Cars will be available at CopperCon32 at the Moon Society Outreach Table.

Craig

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

TRANSITIONS

On April 26, I will start posting 15 questions on Settling the Moon, at one question a day.

The information in the 20 questions on Lunar resources will still be available at www.lunarresources.blogspot.com.

Enjoy!!!!

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

ENERGY CONCERNS

As the concern for energy availability continues to grow and the prices continue to climb we can do something to help ease the problem. We can cut back some more on our driving, or we can buy an Electric Golf Cart for all of the short shopping runs that we make daily and then recharge the carts when the are not in use. This soulition raises another concern, Where do we get the extra electricity to recharge the Carts without causing as much damage to our already meager energy supplies.

Well;
One answer is to build more Wind Generators.
A second answer is to build more Solar generation plants.
A third answer is more Nuclear Power Plants.
A fourth answer is to build Wave Generators along the coast to capture the energy of waves.
A fifth answer is Solar systems in orbit to collect energy and beam it to Planetary Sites for distribution to users.
A sixth answer is to build a combination of these generating plants.

But if we don't do something we will be without the nice things that we have now. When that happens, you will be walking, or riding a bicycle, or riding a horse, or who knows what.

One of the reasons for going back to the Moon is to harvest the Helium isotopes there to generate Power.

All we have to do is get the Government out of the way and the people involved in the work that needs to be done.

Monday, April 2, 2007

FIRE SAFETY ON THE MOON

This past weekend I asked a group of Peoria Fire Fighters to visit this site and comment on how to safe guard against Fire in a Moon Settlement.

I am looking forward to their comments and the approach to the problem by professional Fire Fighters.