Astrosphere for May 30, 2007
Here’s what’s going around the astrosphere.
First, I’d like to remind you that the 5th Carnival of Space is happening tomorrow. Get your entries in!
Spacescan has some interesting details on India’s plans to send a mission to the Moon.
The Astroprof spoke with Mars Society’s Bob Zubrin about going directly to Mars.
Pamela Gay is still at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Hawaii. She’s finding that scientists are surprised at how much we’re all following their research.
Space Politics has an analysis of Paul Spudis’ speech at ISDC about how the Vision for Space Exploration is progressing.
Wandering Space has some cool links to new animations of the Mars Science Laboratory.
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