http://www.bengamblin.com Blog of Ben Gamblin http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/491/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-02-01/man_not_on-the-moon/ I'm really quite disappointed. President Obama has scuppered plans to send people back to the moon. George Bush announced the idea back in 2004 that NASA would return man to our nearest celestial neighbour before aiming for Mars. If all had gone to pla... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:39:57 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/481/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2009-07-17/co-operation-in-space-exploration/ With the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's moon landing only 3 days away, and as the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-127) rendezvouses with the International Space Station, my thoughts turned to the future of space exploration, and in particular, manned explor... Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:36:27 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/395/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2007-04-10/should-we-use-the-moon/ The BBC's Horizon programme today posed the question of whether mankind should exploit the moon for Helium 3 - a gas that could be used in a nuclear fusion reaction. There is such an abundance of this gas on the moon that it could provide clean and safe ... Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:14:54 +0100