Links and Resources

Lunarpedia's Sister Sites

• Exodictionary.org http://www.exodictionary.org

• Marspedia.org http://www.marspedia.org

• Scientifiction.org http://www.scientifiction.org

• Exoplatz.org http://www.exoplatz.org

Apollo stuff

• The Apollo Program - NASA History Division

• Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis - Key Apollo Source Documents - NASA History Division

Apollo Program Summary Report (Document # JSC-09423, April 1975)

Note: the original hard-copy document was broken into 10 pdf files for user-friendliness and full text search capability. However, each file is still ~4-6MB so please be patient with potentially long download times.

• Apollo Program Summary Report - NASA History Division

Some of the data from the above document in a more readable form.

• The Apollo and Luna Samples - Permanent.com requires javascript enabled
  
• It's Not Made of Cheese!

The Lunar Sample Compendium

• The Lunar Sample Compendium

• Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set - Contents Page

Artemis Society International

• Artemis Databook - ADB - Not all of this is publicly accessible.

Audio Streams

• The Space Show http://www.thespaceshow.com/

Blogs

There are numerous blogs on lunar and space related topics. Please add any other blogs you recommend.

• Masten Space Systems Blog with current updates

• Rocketforge http://rocketforge.org/

• Selenian Boondocks http://selenianboondocks.blogspot.com/

• Transterrestrial Musings http://transterrestrial.com/

• A Voyage to Arcturus http://avoyagetoarcturus.blogspot.com/

Communities

• ASI MOO Artemis Society Meetings Server - Open to the Public
  
• Mars MOO article on Marspedia.org
  
• NSS MOO
  
• Second Life Space Community
  
• Space Alumni Fully featured public site, with member networking, discussion fora, and online chat
  

Email Lists

Artemis and Moon Society lists: http://www.moonsociety.org/teams/#PublicLists

Gravity Page

• Gravity Page - Dr J R Stockton

Maps

• Color-Coded Topography and Shaded Relief Map of the Lunar Near Side and Far Side Hemispheres - U.S. Geological Survey http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/i-map/i2769/ - 3 very large PDF files, > 330 MB each.

• USGS Lunar Topographic Maps using newly revised relief maps of the Moon which Ralph Aeschliman made while at the Survey. These revisions incorporated data from the NASA/Department of Defense's Clementine mission to the Moon.
  http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Teams/Geomatics/publications/mrosiek/lunar/map_layers.pdf
  
• http://ralphaeschliman.com/id26.htm - Ralph Aeschliman Planetary Cartography and Graphics

• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/ - Lunar Map Catalog - Lunar and Planetary Institute. There are some really fine maps on this site, wonderful examples of 60s & 70s map making.

MIT Space Logistics Project

Interplanetary Supply Chain Management and Logistics Architecture.

• MIT Space Logistics Project
  
• Engineers create SpaceNet--the supply chain

Moonquakes

• Moonquakes - NASA - The Vision for Space Exploration.

• The Importance of Establishing a Global Lunar Seismic Network -- Clive R. Neal's paper, presented at the October 2005 meeting of NASA's Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG).

• Clive R. Neal -- home page.

NASA ISRU Final LSRM Report

• Final LSRM Report

Other Links

• US Government Databases

Sites

• Moon Daily
  
• Moonmall
  

Some more useful links:

• Fifty features on the Moon you can see with a small telescope - Skymania News and Guide
• Would a beanstalk (or "skyhook") be possible on the moon?

These links show you can have a tethered satellite at L-1, tethered to lunar surface at Sinus Medii:

• Anchored Lunar Satellites for Cislunar Transportation and Communication - Jerome Pearson
• Space Elevators and other Advanced Concepts - Jerome Pearson

The Nine8 Planets

• The Nine8 Planets - Bill Arnett

Video

• Gaiaselene video - "Saving the Earth by Colonizing the Moon,"

• http://www.gaiaselene.com/

Virtual Worlds

• Artemis Society MOO - http://moo.asi.org

The Artemis Society International Meeting Server is a "virtual world" in the CyberTeams MOO Server. MOO stands for "MUD (Multi-User Domain, or Multi-User Dungeon) Object Oriented." The CyberTeams MOO Server is based on a type of MOO server known as "LambdaMOO" developed at Xerox PARC.

ASI MOO, the most completely developed concept for a lunar community, is a real-time server that allows multiple users to communicate and participate in a shared virtual reality environment. The ASI Meeting Server provides an environment for ASI and Moon Society members to meet and work on the Artemis Project and ASI activities, as well as a forum for non-members to find out what Artemis Society International and the Artemis Project are all about.

Attractions in ASI MOO include the airlock, the topic suggestor, and the Luna City monorail system. So while you are in the MOO, you'll want to take some time to explore the virtual world as well as participating in the conversations.

• Moon Sims - http://moonsims.asi.org/

Moon Sims was originally established to present a concept for a lunar settlement using the popular computer game, The Sims. The lunar settlement developed in ASI MOO was used as the basis for the description. The project developed a few of the items needed to show what life would be like in the moon a hundred years from now but development ended with the advent of The Sims 2 and the subsequent waning popularity of the original version of The Sims.

Moon Sims continues as an infrequently updated fan site The Sims and The Sims 2, and hosts a few other fan sites.