Tag: moon

Moon Base Alpha

an economically self-sustainable lunar base could be established for $5B. This price point is surprising and significant for the space community. Not only could this be achievable within current space program budgets, it offers the tantalizing possibility that a single passionate donor could fund the entire program

Why we explore

When a human stood on the Moon and looked back at the Earth, we changed, fundamentally. Our human horizon popped out 300K km. Forever, we would see the Earth differently, because we had seen it from someplace truly foreign. This is why Mars is important. When we get a human to Mars our horizon will expand 1000x farther, and it will never go back.

RIP Neil Armsrong


One of the greatest figures in world history, the first to set foot on another world.

The achievement of Neil Armstrong and his crew, relayed live on television on July 20th 1969, held the entire planet spellbound. On their return to Earth, the astronauts were mobbed. Presidents, prime ministers and kings jostled to be seen with them. Schools, buildings and roads were named after them. Medals were showered upon them. A whirlwind post-flight tour took them to 25 countries in 35 days.

Moon bootstrapping

bootstrapping can be achieved with 12 tons landed on the Moon during a period of 20 years. The equipment will be teleoperated and then transitioned to full autonomy so the industry can spread to the asteroid belt and beyond. The industry grows exponentially due to the free real estate, energy, and material resources of space. The mass of industrial assets at the end of bootstrapping will be 40k tons. Within another few decades with no further investment, it can have millions of times the industrial capacity of the United States.

Moon caves

An analysis by an instrument on Chandrayaan-1 revealed a 1.7km long and 120m wide cave near the moon’s equator that is in the Oceanus Procellarum area of the moon that could be a suitable ‘base station’ for future human missions. Thanks to its stable climate, the cave could provide suitable housing for humans who want to further explore the moon.

much warmer than elsewhere. 2021-08-28 update, there’s far bigger caves:

Scientists confirmed the presence of a cave after examining the hole using radio waves. The chasm, 50km long and 100m wide, appears to be structurally sound and its rocks may contain ice or water deposits that could be turned into fuel.