exploration

Given the huge disappointment over the UK's first spaceport launch failing and, at the time of writing, no further plans to launch again from Spaceport Cornwall, it's time to turn our attention to the other end of the UK, with SaxaVord UK’s vertically launched rockets scheduled to launch from...

This month saw the peak of the Apollo 11 50th anniversary commemorations. One aspect of the Apollo 11 mission that didn't get much attention was the concern for post-mission decontamination and testing of lunar samples for possible toxic / biohazard effects. This was, after all, the first time...

Voyager probes celebrate 30 years The US space agency's (Nasa) venerable Voyager mission is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Its two probes were launched within weeks of each other in 1977 to make a detailed study of the outer planets. The probes were then sent on trajectories that...

According to my now extinct Sony Clie PDA (and now I see a linked BBC article on Fortean's home page), the marine districts of Antarctica may be the source of all marine life. Now, as far as I am concerned, the actual implications of this are rather monumental. If all marine life originated in...

'Lost city' ruins uncovered Experts believe that they have uncovered the remains of a medieval city which disappeared 700 years ago near Trellech in Monmouthshire. Archaeologists have unearthed two buildings dating back to the 1200s. Historical evidence shows that one of the largest...

from Yahoo: Nature, Visitors Taking Toll on Titanic By BIPASHA RAY, Associated Press Writer BOSTON - When Robert Ballard discovered the Titanic on the North Atlantic seabed in 1985, he was amazed at how well-preserved it was and predicted the wreck would change little in his lifetime. But...

Nice article here concerning a novel approach to searching for ice on the moon. NASA seem to be doing a lot of colliding with things these days (though not always intentionally).

Chinese Moon bases http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1997000/1997747.stm http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/05/20/china.moon.reut/index.html The Chinese are going to the moon "for the benefit of humanity" Hmm... since when was exploiting rescourse for the good of...