Jun. 30, 2000 Moon's Helium-3 Could Power Earth
"Researchers and space enthusiasts see helium 3 as the perfect fuel source: extremely potent, nonpolluting, with virtually no radioactive by-product.  Proponents claim it's the fuel of the 21st century.  The trouble is, hardly any of it is found on Earth.  But there is plenty of it on the moon." (Space.com)

Jun. 29, 2000 India Plans to Send Spacecraft to Moon
"The Indian space program has announced plans to launch an un-piloted spacecraft to the moon in 2005." (Space.com)

Jun. 27, 2000 Survey Shows Narrow but Deep Interest in Space Tourism
"A recent survey reveals that while only a minority of the American public is interested in one form of space tourism, those who are interested are willing to spend large sums of money to participate." (Spaceviews)

Jun. 24, 2000 Starter kit for a Moon base? No atmosphere and lots of silicon...
"IMAGINE a rover that could make its way across the dull, lifeless rocks and dust of the Moon, leaving behind it a trail of solar cells capable of powering a Moon base.  A group of NASA researchers thinks it can be done." (New Scientist)
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Jun. 21, 2000 Crash Flash Caught on Moon
"Astronomers have long hoped to observe the optical flashes caused by these impacts.  It wasn't until the Leonid meteor shower of November 1999, however, that they succeeded." (Discovery.com)

Jun. 21, 2000 Meteoroids Hitting Moon Caught On Film
"Though small meteors and other particles continue to hit the moon, no one had ever caught such an event in action -- until late last year.  This week, a team of astronomers reporting in the journal Nature present the first unambiguous images of meteoroids hitting the moon's surface." (Space.com)

Jun. 19, 2000 MirCorp Announces First Space Tourist to Mir
"MirCorp, the western company leasing the Mir space station, officially inaugurated its space tourist program Monday with the selection of an American businessman as the first paying customer to visit the station." (Spaceviews)

Jun. 19, 2000 Space Age Publishing will host its annual "Space and the USA Symposium" on July 4, 2000.
The theme for this year's symposium is "Return to the Moon and Campaign 2000."

Where: Clarion Hotel at San Fransisco International Airport

When: July 4, 2000, 8:45 AM to 11:45 AM

There is no charge for the symposium. All Artemis Society members (especially folks in the Bay Area) are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Jun. 16, 2000 Full Moon Mystery: Optical Trick Stumps Skywatchers
"Moon viewers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a special treat tonight.  Our little companion orb will look exceptionally big and colorful, because it will stay close to the horizon all night." (Space.com)

Jun. 15, 2000 Companies Team Up to Send Robots to the Moon
"LunaCorp, the small company with big plans for moon exploration, announced Thursday that it is teaming with RadioShack to send robots to Earth's pockmarked satellite to pave the way for human settlement." (Space.com)

Jun. 15, 2000 RadioShack to Sponsor LunaCorp Rover Mission
"LunaCorp announced Thursday that it has signed up electronics retailer RadioShack as the first corporate sponsor of its lunar rover mission.  RadioShack is the first of what LunaCorp hopes to be several commercial sponsors for its Icebreaker Moon Rover, a mission planned for launch in late 2003 to survey the polar regions of the Moon in search for water ice." (Space Views)

Jun. 14, 2000 Lunar Mission Provokes More Questions than Answers
"As far as Prospector's chief scientist Alan Binder is concerned, the mystery of water on the moon is far from over.  "We really won't know until we get down there and dig," said Binder, director of the nonprofit Lunar Research Institute in Tucson, Arizona." (Space.com)

Jun. 13, 2000 Lights glow on Moon
"New evidence shows that the Moon is not a totally dead world as was thought by many astronomers. It does still occasionally stir with activity." (BBC News)

Jun. 8, 2000 Futurists see living 'off land' of the moon
"NASA could save big bucks building a moon base by having robots do much of the construction, working purely with lunar materials, before people arrive, futurists at a Huntsville conference said Wednesday."(The Huntsville Times)

Jun. 5, 2000 Rare Rocks: New Lunar and Martian Meteorites Found
"The August issue of The Meteoritical Bulletin heralds the addition of five previously unreported meteorite finds to the exclusive pantheon of Mars and moon rocks discovered on Earth."(Space.com)

Jun. 1, 2000 Marshall Has The Details On The Material
"Research contributing to better materials on Earth and seeking resources in space to fuel future exploration will be featured at NASA's Microgravity Materials Science Conference in the North Hall of the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala., June 6-8.  The research focuses on "living off the land" by using lunar or Martian soil to build habitats, produce fuel, water and propellant." (Space Daily)

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