Moon To Stay Podcast

After two decades of ISS being the only game in town when it comes to space stations, things are finally starting to change. The decommissioning for ISS is in early planning stages now and the progress happening on new replacement stations from NASA and China, and perhaps Russia, as well as privately owned stations are […]

In the world of startup tech companies timing is a big part of what makes or breaks a business. Too early, customers aren’t ready, the market doesn’t exist, or the technology isn’t mature enough to work. Too late and someone else has a commanding lead in the market. Timing a startup has to be perfect. […]

When we finally start to get a presence on the moon, one of the things we will do is build habitats and bases. Places to center our activities, to store our stuff, build things, sleep in, to create industries and operate businesses in. etc. What are the options for how to build these places on […]

How will we get around on the moon? Mobility is a primary need and it will be important to have a reliable way to move people and things in order to do the science we want to do and collect the resources we need. The Apollo rover had some design innovations, where have we come […]

The European Space Agency is championing the idea of creating a base on the moon with similar multinational cooperation as is currently seen on the international space station. Allowing partner nations to contribute their own expertise and interest into the program. Is a moon village doomed to fail or is it the most promising plan […]

The moon’s gravity would make some sports infeasible, others would be more entertaining, and it would open the doors for new kinds of games we could create. One thing for certain, broadcasting the first lunar sports on ESPN would attract a lot of eyeballs. On moon to stay, we often discuss the economics of the […]

The moon race in the 60’s drove tremendous interest in space exploration. Could the same thing work again? Airbus and Blue Origin seem to think the answer is yes and have kicked off “The Moon Race” The Moon Race is an effort to reignite people’s interest in space again. It will drive the development of […]

In 1903, the wright brothers flew the first powered aerial vehicle, the Flyer-1. They originally tried to use a car engine but that turned out to be too heavy so they developed a completely new engine with aluminum. The resulting lightweight 13 hp engine allowed the Flyer-1 to finally make history with orville wright at […]

The Moon is a hot topic these days. Plans to get boots on the ground are evolving on nearly a daily basis. This past week US vice president pence made the surprise challenge for NASA to get american astronauts on the moon by 2024.. Moving up the timeline for a crewed mission significantly. It’s the […]

We have become accustomed to space travel using massive heavy rockets to launch into space. On the moon, with 1/6th gravity of earth and no atmosphere, there are some intriguing alternatives we can build with current technology. Getting from earth to the moon is a real challenge. If it were easy then it wouldn’t have […]