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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Saturday, July 21, 2007

AREAS THAT NEED R&D NOW PART 1

SELENOLOGY DEPARTMENT
  • "Econimic Geogrophy" of Lunar resources
  • Identification of logical Transportation Corridors
  • Ground Truth landers & rovers
  • Data Mining Projects (missions already flown)
  • Feature and Place Name Registry
  • Areas of Geological, Senic Historical Value

ENERGY DEPARTMENT

  • Helium 3 extraction, handling, shipping
  • Lunar Solar Power Systems
  • Power Storage System
  • Dayspan/Nightspan Operations
  • Recycling of embodied energy
  • Energy efficiency research
  • Industrial parks organized into thermal cascades
  • Lunar sourceable fuels for generators, vehicles
  • Mass driver systems for bulk exports
  • Mass catcher systems for bulk imports

ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT

  • Farside radio astronomy
  • Optical astronomy installations
  • Amateur Telescopes for Lunan pioneers

LUNAR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

  • Mining & Processing Technologies
  • Lunar-deficient elements - alternative sources
  • Lunar Satellite systems
  • Water-conserving Manufacturing
  • Dust control systems
  • Lunar-Appropriate Industrial Design
  • Disassembly-friendly assembly to enable recycling

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