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- 3 May 08: [Australian] Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into The Current State of Australia's Space Science & Industry Sector - submissions sought
- 22 Apr 08 Astrobiology Science Conference 2008, Santa Clara, California April 14–17, 2008 - papers available
- 2 Feb 08 Universe Today: “Across the Universe” Day for NASA and Beatles Fans
- NASA will use its Deep Space Network to transmit a song across the
universe. And fittingly, the song is “Across the Universe”
by the Beatles. On Feb. 4 at 7 pm EST, the song will be beamed towards
the North Star, Polaris, located 431 light years away from Earth. As
part of the celebration, the public around the world has been invited
to participate in the event by simultaneously playing the song at the
same time as the transmission by NASA. That is Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 11:00 AM in SE Australia.
- 20 Jan 07 Partial solar eclipse on 7 Feb 08. Starts at 14:52 in Sydney, peaks at 15:44 - see Paul Floyd's Fact Sheet. Tips for
safe observing.
- 18 Jan 08 UT: Has a Signal from ET Really Been Detected? Bad Astronomy: No alien signal
- 14 Nov 07 Space.com: Wow! Moon Probe Captures 'Earth-rise' in High Definition - see also these other pictures of Earth from deep space. Australia is the most prominent Earth feature in this image, with the Moon's South Pole at the top.
- 25 Sep 07 SpaceDaily: NASA aims to put man on Mars by 2037.
- 9 Jun 07 The Australian: ACA closure 'short-sighted' -
NASA's Australian-born astronaut Andy Thomas has joined international
condemnation of the decision to shut down the Australian Centre for
Astrobiology at Macquarie University in Sydney.
- 18 Apr 07 TPS: Life Experiment: Phobos
- In an ambitious new initiative, the Society is studying the
possibility of sending a collection of living organisms on a three-year
trip to the Martian moon Phobos and back to Earth. This will be
test of the Transpermia Hypothesis. Donations are sought.
- 25 Mar 07 TPS: Reports from the 2007 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
- 20 Jan 07 Science: Astrobiology Fights for Its Life - A
decade after NASA pledged to create a robust program to find and
understand life in the universe, researchers face a debilitating budget
crunch and skepticism within their own agency.
- 28 Dec 06 Planetary Society: Visions of Mars: A Message to the Future - funds being sought to support this innovative project. TPS members should receive a letter about this project. They can fax their donation to +1 626 793 5528.
- 24 Dec 06 Planetary Society: Where Would We Be With Carl? by Ann Druyan + NASA: Pale Blue Orb - view of Earth from Saturn. More images of Earth from deep space.
- 23 Dec 06 SciAm: What Is a Planet? + Astronomical Journal What is a planet? by Steve Soter - see also Microplanets
- 7 Dec 06 BBC: Water flowed 'recently' on Mars + New Scientist: Water flows on Mars, before our very eyes + NASA multi-media.
- 9 Nov 06: For Eastern Australian residents the Transit of Mercury
will be visible from just after dawn on Thursday 9th of November to
late morning. See Paul
Floyd's webcast. ASA
Factsheet. Tips for
safe observing. Thanks for the tips Ian
Musgrave. SOHO
live coverage.
- 7 May 06 Free Planetary
Society Podcasts at Apple iTunes Store - search for
"Planetary Radio".
- 26 May 06 Planetary Society: Don't
Trash Space Science - please support this crucial
campaign.
- 5 May 06 NASA: NASA
and Partners Release New Movies of Titan (touchdown)
- 28 Mar 06 SpaceDaily: Eclipse
of the Sun on 29 March - see these precautions
about viewing the Sun.
- 10 Mar 06 Space.com: Commentary:
Destroying Astrobiology Would be a 'Disaster'.
- 16 Feb 05 Planetary Society Charges Administration with
Blurring
its Vision for Space Exploration - It seriously damages the
hugely
productive and successful robotic exploration of our solar system and
beyond.
- 27 Jun 05 TPS: The
Story
of Cosmos 1 is Not Over: A Personal Report - There seems to be some
indication that the
spacecraft was injected into a low orbit, one that would quickly decay
and cause the spacecraft to fall back to Earth and burn up in the
atmosphere...I do know that we are committed to trying again, for The
Planetary Society exists to make space exploration happen. Dec
05; Solar
Sail Update: Getting Started
- 17 May 05: PDF of talk given at Australian Centre for
Astrobiology in 2003: Asteroids
- now for the good news.
- 6 May 05 Nature: Fear
and rambling at NASA
(PDF) - Only a confused space agency would consider shutting down the
Voyager spacecraft as they approach the uncharted edge ofthe Solar
System...
- 10 Mar 05 Nature (Subs!): NASA's
funding shortfall means journey's
end
for Voyager probes
- Mission to the edge
of the Solar System may shut down
in October to save cash
- 10 Feb 05 Starry
Night
software now available for Mac
OS X.
- 16 Jan 05 ESA: First
Results from Huygens - first picture from the surface of
another
moon. Panoramic
picture during descent.
- 3 Dec 04 Science: Special
Issue: Opportunity at Meridiani Planum
- 22 Oct 04: Astronomy
Online has opened a store in Brookvale
(map) - Northern Sydney. Carl
Sagan's Cosmos
DVD is on special.
- 7 Oct 04 Abstracts
for the proceedings of Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the Stars
now
available at
NASA
Astrophysics Data
System (ADS)
- The Planetary Society Aim for Mars!
website
- 13 Aug 04 ABC: Site
chosen for Mars training lab - The Mars Society of
Australia is
to
begin searching for
investors
to help fund a proposed Mars research station
at Arkaroola in northern South Australia.
- Reports on Progress in Physics: Astrophysical
and astrochemical insights into the origin of life (Abstract
+ full
article is free!) - this is a
milestone study
+ Quantum
fluctuations
and life by Paul Davies
- Astrobiology Magazine: Interview
with Ann Druyan and Steven Soter [coauthors of Cosmos and
numerous
other Carl Sagan books] - life, the Universe and everything! Plus the
book Cosmic Connections, written by Carl Sagan in 1973 has been
re-released with updates by Ann Druyan, Freeman Dyson and David
Morrison - recommended reading.
- Carl
Sagan's brilliant Cosmos TV series is now available on DVD
- still highly relevant after 20 years. Australian
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- 9 May 08 Space.com: Alien Life-Searching Techniques Tested ( see also these references) + Why Don't They Do SETI?
- 9 May 08 UT: Legendary Astronaut John Glenn Speaks Out On Shuttle Decommissioning
- 8 May 08 UT: NASA Considers Manned Asteroid Mission
- 3 May 08 Space.com: Astrobiology Is Alive and Well [but is shaky in Australia!]
- 3 May 08 NewSci: Interview: The man who found Mars on Earth - Chris McKay "It's fashionable these days for astrobiologists to talk about how
rugged and hardy life is, and how it can survive in all the most
amazing places. In fact, I have formed the opposite impression. Life is
dangling on a fragile thread, and that thread is liquid water. We have
searched for organisms that could do without it. No joy..."
- 29 Apr 08 Military.com: Dissent Grows Over NASA's Moon Mission (see also the article by Robert Farquhar in the Mar/Apr 08 issue of Planetary Report) + (2006) JHU:
The Next Steps in Human Space Exploration: What are the Alternatives?
- 26 Apr 08 Space.com: Mars Features Resemble Hydrothermal Springs + Strange Scars on Mars Suggest Recent Glaciers.
- 24 Apr 08 ABC: Time's running out for ET to evolve.
- 24 Apr 08 UT: Mars Was Recently Blanketed By Glaciers - more links on this topic.
- 22 Apr 08 NewSci: Stephen Hawking calls for Moon and Mars colonies.
- 22 Apr 08 BBC:
ET contact odds 'extremely low' + Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet + Nasa extends Saturn probe mission + 'Cruise control' for spacecraft + 'Black hole' scientist [John Wheeler] dies at 96
- 22 Apr 08 Space Review: The wisdom of NASA’s elders.
- 21 Mar 08 BBC:
Methane found on distant world +
Mars is 'covered in table salt' +
Saturn moon may have hidden ocean
- 21 Mar 08 Space.com: Looking for Water on Mars
- 19 Mar 08 ABC: Sci-fi guru Arthur C Clarke dies - there are many references to Sir Arthur on these pages. IEEE Oct07: Remembering Sputnik: Sir Arthur C. Clarke.: If I had three wishes, I would ask for these: 1. A method to generate limitless quantities of clean energy. 2. Affordable and reliable means of space transport. 3. Eliminating the design faults in the human body. TPS tribute including "In Praise of Arthur C. Clarke" by Carl Sagan, from a 1983 Panetary Report.
- 18 Mar 08 Space Review: The end of the golden age of Mars exploration? + British space policy on life, the universe, and everything + Review: Human Missions to Mars
- 14 Mar 08 BBC: Huge ice deposits 'seen' on Mars - Water ice has probably been detected below Mars' surface, far from the planet's polar ice caps, say scientists.
- 13 Mar 08 ESA: Icy Promethei Planum [on Mars]
- 7 Mar 08 Space.com: Once-Habitable Lake Found on Mars.
- 5 Mar 08 UT: A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars - also raised
by Dr Nick Hoffman in 2001
- 4 Mar 08 SMH: Violent rock slides snapped on red planet + SpaceDaily: NASA Spacecraft Photographs Avalanches On Mars + New Tool Enlisted In The Search For Life On Mars
- 1 Mar 08 Space.com: Recent Water on Mars? Not So Fast - not spurts of water, but rather avalanches of dust.
- 26 Feb 08 Space Review: Seven generations: a re-evaluation of the Paine Report [on the future of US space exploration]
- 25 Feb 08 NewSci: Martian crater records aftermath of Amazon-like flood.
- 17 Feb 08 Caltech: Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets
- 16 Feb 08 Space.com: Mars Water Was Very Salty + See Mars in 3-D.
- 15 Feb 08 NewSci: First multiple planet system found by microlensing.
- 15 Feb 08 UT: Another Solar System Found with Saturn and Jupiter-Sized Planets
- 12 Feb 08 NewSci ($): Organic molecules found on alien world for first time + Stepping up the search for ET
- 11 Feb 08 Nature ($): The Moon: destination or distraction?
- 11 Feb 08 NewSci ($): Stepping up the search for ET.
- 5 Feb 08 JPL: Possible Salt Deposits in Noachis Terra (Mars)
- 5 Feb 08 Space Review: Not-so-rare Earth?
- 1 Feb 08 NewSci: Bizarre spider scar found on Mercury's surface.
- 27 Jan 08 ESA: Traces of the martian past in the Terby crater + THEMIS: Numerous gullies dissect the northeastern rim of this unnamed crater in Noachis Terra + Multiple gullies are located on the northwestern rim of this unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria.
- 24 Jan 08 UT: Mercury in Living Color
- 20 Jan 08 NewSci: Probe returns first image of Mercury's unseen side
- 18 Jan 08 UT: Has a Signal from ET Really Been Detected? Bad Astronomy: No alien signal
- 3 Jan 08 NewSci: First planet discovered around a youthful star
- 3 Jan 08 SpaceDaily: Unveiling The Mountains Of Titan.
- 28 Dec 07 SpaceDaily: Dawn Of The Ion Age
- the probe will spend most of its time doing what it is doing today:
patiently reshaping its orbit around the Sun with its amazingly
efficient ion propulsion system.
- 24 Dec 07 Spaceviz: New video Planetary Defense
- 24 Dec 07 SpaceDaily: In Search For Water On Mars Via Clues From Antarctica + Global Map Reveals Mineral Distribution On Mars + How Mars Could Have Been Warm And Wet But Limestone-Free + NASA Delays Mars Scout Mission To 2013 + Messenger Zeros In On Mercury + Astronomers Monitor Asteroid To Pass Near Mars + Asteroid nears Mars at 8 miles per second
- 21 Dec 07 BBC: Greenhouse clue to water on Mars - sulphur dioxide?
- 20 Dec 07 BBC: Funds boost Europe Mars mission + 'Active glacier found' on Mars (more on Mars glaciers)
- 18 Dec 07 SpaceDaily: Hot Spot On Enceladus Causes Plumes.
- 14 Dec 07 ABC Radio: Interview with Ann Druyan.
- 12 Dec 07 NewSci: Global group aims to return Martian soil to Earth.
- 11 Dec 07 BBC: Mars robot unearths [tenuous] microbe clue
- 11 Dec 07 Space.com: Aliens Apart - SETI
- 5 Dec 07 UT: Future Mars Explorers Might Only See the Planet from Orbit
- 5 Dec 07 SpaceDaily: The Venusian Climate And Its Evolution - some time in the past, Venus was probably much more Earth-like and contained large quantities of water...(more Venus transpermia links)
- 5 Dec 07 SciAm ($): Are Aliens Among Us? - In
pursuit of evidence that life arose on Earth more than once, scientists
are searching for microbes that are radically different from all known
organisms - by Paul Davies
- 1 Dec 07 NewSci: Orion: NASA returns to the rocket + Arthur C Clarke: Still looking at the stars
- As a high-school student in the early 1950s, Sagan decided to become
an astronomer after reading Interplanetary Flight, Clarke's first book.
- 1 Dec 07 Acta Astronautic ($): Control of Lagrange point orbits using solar sail propulsion.
- 30 Nov 07 UT: Voyager 2 is About to Cross the Termination Shock (see also the Nature item about Voyager funding)
- 19 Nov 07 EPSL: Implications from sulfur isotopes of the Nakhla meteorite for the origin of sulfate on Mars - produced by photochemical smog (a Martian Los Angles?) rather than hydrothermal action.
- 17 Nov 07 TPS: Report on the First International Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos
- 17 Nov 07 ESA: The European Mars Science & Exploration Conference: Mars Express and ExoMars has just concluded. We present interviews with selected experts on some hot topics.
- 16 Nov 07 BBC: Europe eyes Mars landing sites.
- 16 Nov 07 ABC: Time [for Australia] to rejoin space race, say scientists
- 14 Nov 07 Space.com: Wow! Moon Probe Captures 'Earth-rise' in High Definition - see also these other pictures of Earth from deep space.
- 14 Nov 07 SciAm ($): Are Aliens among Us?
- 12 Nov 07 NewSci: Mars's tiny moons – one small step for mankind? - see further links on Phobos missions
- 9 Nov 07 Space.com: SETI: Is It Worth It?
- 7 Nov 07 Space.com: Mars Rovers: Scientific Staying Power + Planet System Similar to Ours Revealed
- 3 Nov 07 NewSci: Prime landing sites chosen for biggest Martian rover.
- 2 Nov 07 NASA: Mars Express Probes Red Planet's Unusual Deposits - They
could be ice-rich deposits, somewhat similar to the layered ice
deposits at the poles of the planet, but formed when the spin axis of
Mars tilts over, making the equatorial region colder... although the
electrical properties are consistent with water-ice layers, there is no
other strong evidence for the presence of ice today in the equatorial
regions of Mars. "If there is water ice at the equator of Mars, it must
be buried at least several meters below the surface"
- 24 Oct 07 BBC: Life from Mars theory put to test (transpermia)
- 20 Oct 07 UT: Mars Rovers' Mission Extended Yet Again + Maunder Crater on Mars
- 20 Oct 07 Space.com: Martian Volcanoes May Not be Extinct + Want to Go to Mars? Crews Wanted for Mock Missions
- 13 Oct 07 New Scientist: Did Venus's ancient oceans incubate life?
- 13 Oct 07 BBC: Skies to be swept for alien life (Allen Telescope Array)
- 8 Oct 07 SpaceDaily: Russia to help NASA explore Moon, Mars.
- 8 Oct 07 TPS: Scientists Spy Likely Birth of a New "Earth".
- 8 Oct 07 BBC: Japanese probe enters lunar orbit.
- 4 Oct 07 NewSci: Sun's 'twin' an ideal hunting ground for alien life.
- 2 Oct 07 NASA (staff page): The Space Station in Empty Space
"An object orbiting the Earth as in Figure 54 behaves as if it would
form the pinnacle of a enormously giant tower (naturally, only
imaginary) 35,900,000 meters high..." from The Problem of Space Travel,
attributed to "Hermann Noordung" (possibly Austrian Hermann
Potocnik) and published in 1929. If accurate, this predates Arthur C
Clarke's 1945 proposal for geosynchronous communication satellites.
(credit New Scientist letters)
- 1 Oct 07 New Scientist: Mars Society seeks to rescue crewed mission + ($) Weird worlds: Planets that defy convention + 'Self-aware' space rovers would be speedy explorers.
- 28 Sep 07 Space.com: Huygens Data Paint Turbulent Picture of Titan.
- 28 Sep 07 UT: Opportunity is Now Working Inside Victoria Crater.
- 25 Sep 07 SpaceDaily: NASA aims to put man on Mars by 2037.
- 22 Sep 07 UT: More Martian Cave Entrances Discovered.
- 21 Sep 07 Science ($10): Is Mars Looking Drier and Drier for Longer and Longer? + A Closer Look at Water-Related Geologic Activity on Mars. + Space.com: Hope for Water on Mars Dims with Sharp New Images.
- 21 Sep 07 NASA: NASA Orbiter Provides Insights About Mars Water and Climate.
Mixed news about water on the planet: "...the [fresh] deposit is
not frost, ice or a mineral left behind by evaporation of salty
water...Other gullies, however, offer strong evidence of liquid water flowing on Mars within the last few million years...Another new finding from that camera may help undermine arguments that very ancient Mars had a wet climate
on a sustained basis....images from the high-resolution camera [to]
show lava flows completely draping a young Martian channel network
called Athabasca Valles. This creates ponded lava over an expanse that
other researchers had interpreted in 2005 as a frozen sea...."
- 17 Sep 07 SpaceDaily: New Theory Explains Ice On Mars
- 10 Sep 07 Washington Post: [Arecibo] Radio Telescope And Its Budget Hang in the Balance.
- 26 Aug 07 Spacedaily: Shuttle Brings Space-Grown Strep Bacteria Back For Study - a cause for concern for long-duration space travelers
- 23 August 07 NASA NEO News: Two new papers make extraordinary claims about comets and life (see 16 Aug)
- 23 Aug 07 ESA: Google brings the cosmos down to Earth.
- 16 Aug 07 SpaceDaily: China reveals deadly threat to first flight [4 years ago]
- 16 Aug 07 Space.com: Scientist: Calculations Prove Life Began in Comet + How I Spent My SETI Summer.
- 5 Aug 07 New Scientist: Phoenix lander blasts off to Mars + ($) Helping NASA back to the moon
- NASA called in a group of retired Apollo programme engineers. They
were asked to share their experience, gained in the 1960s and 70s, with
the team now working at NASA to return Americans to the moon by 2020.
The veterans had worked as testers for the Grumman Corporation, which
built the module that took astronauts down to the lunar surface.
- 31 Jul 07 Space.com: NASA Insiders Propose Stepping Stone Path to Deep Space - human missions to NEOs
- 10 Jun 07 NewSci: Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface - the blue colour is an artifact of the processing. Note that "bulldust" behaves like a fluid and will form "ponds".
- 9 Jun 07 The Australian: ACA closure 'short-sighted' -
NASA's Australian-born astronaut Andy Thomas has joined international
condemnation of the decision to shut down the Australian Centre for
Astrobiology at Macquarie University in Sydney.
- 8 Jun 07 New Scientist ($): Life - but not as we know it + Still no aliens + Landslides old and new found on Mars.
- 3 Jun 07 TPS: Spirit Finds "Explosive" Evidence of Past Water, Opportunity Revs Up, Revisits Cape of Good Hope - comprehensive update on the rovers
- 30 May 07 SpaceDaily: Forecasting Earth-Like Worlds.
- 30 May 07 BBC: Planet hunters spy distant haul - The finds increase the total number of known exoplanets to 236...
- 27 May 07 CSA: Canadians Teaming Up to Develop Mars Mission Concepts - Australian Michael West is on the Phobos mission team: Canadian Mission Concept to Mysterious Mars moon Phobos to Feature Unique Rock-Dock Maneuver . Thanks MSA.
- 22 May 07 NASA: Mars Rover Spirit Unearths Surprise Evidence of Wetter Past.
- 18 May 07 New Scientist: Strange alien world made of 'hot ice' + Grinding ice generates Saturn moon's icy plumes
- 18 May 07 Space.com: Planet of Promise: Small, Rocky World Could Harbor Life
- 18 May 07 Acta Astronautica Volume 61: Sir Hermann Bondi: A journey through his life and the early endeavours of Europe into space + Robotic lunar exploration: Architectures, issues and options + Recent advances in solar sail propulsion systems at NASA + SMART-1 operations experience and lessons learnt + A high-energy sample return Earth re-entry demonstrator to address planetary protection issues + The crew exploration vehicle (CEV) and the next generation of human spaceflight + Mars sample return: The critical next step + Initial results from Harvard all-sky optical SETI + The SIM PlanetQuest science program + Status of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission + The Cassini Mission at Saturn
- 9 May 07 Space.com: Old Rockets Carry Bacteria to the Stars.
- 6 May 07 Space.com: Surprise Slosh! Mercury's Core is Liquid
- 6 May 07 SpaceDaily: Mars Rover Spirit Finds Evidence Of Ancient Volcanic Explosion.
- 6 May 07 TPS: New Horizons’ Close Encounter Provides Rare Views of the Jovian System + Spirit Finds Past Water at Home, Opportunity Takes in Tierra del Fuego
- 6 May 07 BBC: 'Up to half' of Mars may have ice + UT: Ice Depth Varies Across the Surface of Mars + NS: 'Bumpy' ice on Mars points to active water cycle.
- 6 May 07 NS: Jupiter moon [Io] spews volcanic plumes in new images.
- 30 Apr 07 Space.com: Search for Life Gets Serious.
- 25 Apr 07 Space.com: Major Discovery: New Planet Could Harbor Water and Life [Goldilocks planet]
- 18 Apr 07 TPS: Life Experiment: Phobos
- In an ambitious new initiative, the Society is studying the
possibility of sending a collection of living organisms on a three-year
trip to the Martian moon Phobos and back to Earth. This will be test
of the Transpermia Hypothesis. Donations are sought.
- 18 Apr 07 ABC: Buzz Aldrin plans space travel lottery - Former
astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, has
announced plans for a lottery that will send its winner into space in a
bid to spread the dream of extraterrestrial travel beyond the
super-wealthy. ShareSpace Foundation (under construction!)
- 12 Apr 07 NASA Shows Future Space Telescopes Could Detect Earth Twin.
- 12 Apr 07 BBC: Water detected on distant planet + New Scientist: First sign of water found on an alien world (but 1000 C temperatures!)
- 31 Mar 07 BBC: Many planets may have double suns.
- 31 Mar 07 Space.com: New X-ray Image Shows Jupiter's Powerful Sky Lights.
- 20 Mar 07 TPS: The Empire Strikes Back - Europe’s First Trip to Mars Brings Home "The Gold"
- 17 Mar 07 BBC: Icy map to probe Europa's secrets.
- 16 Mar 07 NASA: Mars' South Pole Ice Deep and Wide.
- 15 Mar 07 EPSL: Transient mantle convection on Venus: The paradoxical coexistence of highlands and coronae in the BAT region
- 15 Mar 07 Icarus: Infrared transmission spectroscopy of carbonate samples of biotic origin relevant to Mars exobiological studies + Mars' water isotope (D/H) history in the strata of the North Polar Cap: Inferences about the water cycle + Comparison of small lunar landslides and martian gullies
- 15 Mar 07 BBC: Movies provide new view of Mars.
- 15 Mar 07 NASA: Mars Rover Churns Up Questions With Sulfur-Rich Soil.
- 14 Mar 07 NASA: Cassini Spacecraft Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan.
- 14 Mar 07 Acta Astronautica : Materials refining on the Moon. See also Riches in the Rubble.
- 13 Mar 07 BBC:
Major space missions move ahead-
[NASA] is considering four targets: the Jupiter system, Jupiter's
moon Europa, and Saturn's moons Enceladus and Titan...Europa, Titan and
Enceladus are also among the
destinations expected to be proposed [to ESA]...Other proposals likely
to be submitted include a mission to return soil from a near-Earth
asteroid.
- 13 Mar 07 NASA: A Hot Start Might Explain Geysers on Enceladus.
- 13 Mar 07 Space Review: New directions in the search for life in our solar system
- 8 Mar 07 SpaceDaily: Early Mars Had Underground Water System + Nature: Not a sea, but a seep, on Mars.
- 2 Mar 07 ESA: Rosetta delivers Phobos transit animation and 'sees' Mars in stereo.
- 2 Mar 07 NASA: Cassini Returns Never-Before-Seen Views of the Ringed Planet.
- 2 Mar 07 BBC: Probe spies moon's volcanic plume [on Io].
- 1 Mar 07 ABC Science Show: Mars - were there ever habitable environments for life?
- 1 Mar 07 Space.com: New Instrument Designed to Sift for Life on Mars.
- 1 Mar 07 BBC:
Nasa [Pluto] probe makes flyby of Jupiter.
- 24 Feb 07 Acta Astronautica ($): Optimal heliostationary missions of high-performance sailcraft + Optimal control of the deployment process of solar wings on spacecraft + Propulsion tradeoffs for a mission to Alpha Centauri.
- 24 Feb 07 EPSL ($): Production of hydrogen peroxide in Martian and lunar soils -
Reactive, pulverized minerals are important on planetary bodies where
impact processes have generated fine-grained basaltic dusts, and may
pose a significant health risk to astronauts visiting planetary
surfaces where impacts have generated such materials.
- 24 Feb 07 SpaceDaily: Absence Of Water In Distant Exo Planet Atmosphere Surprises Astronomers.
- 17 Feb 07 SpaceDaily: O
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