Moon To Stay Podcast

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 […]

Andy Weir, author of The Martian, which became a box office hit movie starring Matt Damon, published his second book Artemis, a story set on the Moon. Andy Weir’s style of hard science fiction is  factually accurate to the laws of physics and extremely detail oriented. In this episode we’ll examine his vision of the […]

Dr. Robert Zubrin, the thought leader and founder of the Mars Society, has developed a plan called “moon direct” that applies his Mars Direct ideals towards the Moon. It takes advantage of cheaper currently available commercial rockets to get us there sooner, cheaper and at lower risk. Dr Robert Zubrin is best known for his […]

Water will be the the first and most important resource we look for on the moon when we get back there. The water on the moon has the potential to catapult human spaceflight into a new paradigm. Previous to 2008 many believed the moon was devoid of significant amounts of water. It was supposed very […]

Links: SpaceIL SpaceIL Kids Landing site: Mare Serenitatis SpaceIL was started with a Facebook post in 2010 but has turned into one of Israel’s top non-profit organizations. They now have 30 full-time employees and over the years have benefited from hundreds of volunteers helping to make the vision of an Israeli moon mission a reality. […]

Many companies and nations have started to develop their plans for getting back to the moon.  Perhaps, more than you realize. These plans are serious contenders at getting back to the lunar surface for scientific, and economic reasons. Some plans are further along than others, but given the amount of money, diversity of teams, and […]