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Phil Stooke
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Am I completely out of it, or is there no GLXP thread on here? I couldn't find one. Anyway, things are moving on it, so I thought we ought to have one.

For the record, I just turned down my second invitation to join a team. I'm staying as an interested observer on this - for now, anyway.

There is a forum at the GLXP site as well as team info. There are a lot of people with half-baked ideas of how to go about it. The real professionals are not doing much on the forum, just working behind the scenes.

At LPSC two weeks ago, Bob Richards of Odyssey Moon invited people to propose instruments to carry on their rover - targeted to a pyroclastic deposit, probably Rima Bode or Sulpicius Gallus. And I see they have now signed an agreement to carry Celestis's lunar burials to the Moon. Richards will be here next week, and I'll be spending some time with him.

This whole thing is going to be interesting.

Phil


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- Phil Stooke   Google Lunar X Prize   Mar 28 2008, 08:53 PM
- - djellison   I remember discussing it - but it must have been e...   Mar 28 2008, 09:26 PM
- - ugordan   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 28 2008, 09:53 P...   Mar 28 2008, 09:30 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I've been thinking about the Google Lunar X Pr...   Apr 11 2008, 04:38 PM
- - Stu   Excellent post, and excellent work Phil. Preservin...   Apr 11 2008, 06:53 PM
- - Betelgeuze   Also the moon is so big, why land on a place weve ...   Apr 11 2008, 09:11 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 11 2008, 11:11 PM...   Apr 11 2008, 09:18 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 11 2008, 10:11 PM...   Apr 12 2008, 07:28 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 12 2008, 12:28 AM) In th...   Apr 12 2008, 01:13 PM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 12 2008, 01:13 PM) Nei...   Apr 12 2008, 02:41 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (imipak @ Apr 12 2008, 06:41 AM) An...   Apr 12 2008, 07:05 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Apr 12 2008, 11:05 AM...   Apr 15 2008, 03:29 AM
- - Betelgeuze   Not sure I understand what you mean with that. Wh...   Apr 11 2008, 11:17 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 11 2008, 07:17 PM...   Apr 11 2008, 11:53 PM
- - djellison   There's the whole of antarctica to visit - so ...   Apr 11 2008, 11:30 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   It kind of makes you wonder how in the future such...   Apr 11 2008, 11:38 PM
- - Phil Stooke   An even better reason than 'because it's t...   Apr 11 2008, 11:50 PM
- - Betelgeuze   1969 Is not that long ago (heh and I'm only 21...   Apr 12 2008, 03:36 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 12 2008, 04:36 PM...   Apr 12 2008, 08:32 PM
|- - Betelgeuze   If pictures and movies from 1969 don't inspire...   Apr 12 2008, 10:47 PM
||- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 12 2008, 03:47 PM...   Apr 13 2008, 12:10 AM
|||- - Stu   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Apr 13 2008, 01:1...   Apr 13 2008, 07:07 AM
|||- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 12 2008, 11:07 PM) I hav...   Apr 13 2008, 03:25 PM
||- - Stu   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 12 2008, 11:47 PM...   Apr 13 2008, 07:28 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 12 2008, 12:32 PM) And t...   Apr 15 2008, 03:41 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (JRehling @ Apr 14 2008, 08:41 PM) ...   Apr 15 2008, 04:55 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I think this is missing the point. Look at Astrob...   Apr 12 2008, 04:13 PM
- - Phil Stooke   It's not about making money - nor was the Ansa...   Apr 12 2008, 08:23 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 12 2008, 01:23 P...   Apr 12 2008, 11:12 PM
- - Betelgeuze   I've never been in front of a classroom talkin...   Apr 13 2008, 11:18 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 13 2008, 12:18 PM...   Apr 13 2008, 11:29 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 13 2008, 01:18 PM...   Apr 13 2008, 11:36 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Betelgeuze @ Apr 13 2008, 12:18 PM...   Apr 13 2008, 11:48 AM
- - djellison   If you want to have a slap fight about education -...   Apr 14 2008, 07:04 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I've made a map showing the various places on ...   May 3 2008, 04:57 PM
- - nprev   NOT liking the "Tranquility Trek", Astro...   May 3 2008, 05:06 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The disturbance issue is going to be big, and I...   May 3 2008, 05:18 PM
- - nprev   Glad to hear this, Phil. One other constraint must...   May 3 2008, 05:22 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The landing ellipse issue is very important, and I...   May 3 2008, 05:25 PM
- - nprev   Well, I'd concede that the lack of atmosphere ...   May 3 2008, 05:30 PM
|- - tedstryk   I would agree that I would hate to see an x-prize ...   May 3 2008, 11:05 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (tedstryk @ May 3 2008, 04:05 PM) I...   May 4 2008, 03:08 AM
- - Stu   Here's an idea: you disturb ANYTHING at Tranqu...   May 3 2008, 11:06 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Stu @ May 4 2008, 12:06 AM) Or hac...   May 3 2008, 11:29 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (djellison @ May 4 2008, 12:29 AM) ...   May 3 2008, 11:37 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (djellison @ May 3 2008, 03:29 PM) ...   May 3 2008, 11:44 PM
- - Stu   Here's an interesting tidbit... was quite amaz...   May 3 2008, 11:49 PM
- - Phil Stooke   People who care about the protection of these site...   May 4 2008, 12:10 AM
- - Stu   On the Google Lunar X-Prize website, a YouTube vid...   May 4 2008, 09:38 AM
|- - Astroblogger   QUOTE (Stu @ May 4 2008, 09:38 AM) On the...   Jun 18 2008, 03:22 PM
- - nprev   Yeah...esp. with that little robot-vacuum-cleaner-...   May 4 2008, 12:13 PM
- - Stu   I'm going to make Preserving Tranquility Base ...   May 4 2008, 12:27 PM
- - ilbasso   This article on Space.com discusses how difficult ...   May 5 2008, 02:23 AM
- - nprev   Jeez... ...thanks, ILB! I'm sure that no...   May 5 2008, 10:35 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (nprev @ May 5 2008, 12:35 PM) I...   May 5 2008, 11:57 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (ugordan @ May 5 2008, 04:57 AM) Al...   May 5 2008, 12:35 PM
|- - tedstryk   Knowing luck, we will take all sorts of drastic me...   May 5 2008, 12:41 PM
- - Stu   Looks like others feel the same about preserving T...   May 5 2008, 03:33 PM
- - jasedm   I'm 100% behind the principle of preserving th...   May 6 2008, 01:31 PM
- - Stu   Sadly, I'm 100000% certain that you're rig...   May 6 2008, 01:49 PM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (Stu @ May 6 2008, 02:49 PM) But th...   May 6 2008, 07:37 PM
||- - Stu   QUOTE (imipak @ May 6 2008, 08:37 PM) but...   May 6 2008, 09:29 PM
||- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Stu @ May 6 2008, 02:29 PM) Astrob...   May 6 2008, 11:02 PM
|- - DDAVIS   “To destroy the relics of the past is, even ...   May 10 2008, 09:21 PM
- - Stu   Good point, but it does suggest an element of ...   May 7 2008, 05:27 AM
|- - imipak   Full inline quote removed. - Doug. It does; but i...   May 7 2008, 06:49 PM
- - Phil Stooke   No, imipak, several hundred million dollars is way...   May 7 2008, 07:46 PM
|- - tedstryk   What is the other one?   May 8 2008, 01:16 AM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 7 2008, 08:46 PM...   May 8 2008, 07:23 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I'm not saying! Can't afford to alien...   May 8 2008, 02:16 AM
- - Phil Stooke   "I still don't see how it can be done wit...   May 8 2008, 07:57 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 8 2008, 07:57 PM...   May 8 2008, 08:12 PM
- - nprev   Very good point really in your last, Don. Why the ...   May 10 2008, 11:42 PM
- - Phil Stooke   That is exactly the rationale of Odyssey Moon. Ph...   May 11 2008, 07:55 PM
- - nprev   I wish them luck; seems as if my opinions & th...   May 11 2008, 08:29 PM
- - Betelgeuze   heh nprev thats the point I've been trying to ...   May 11 2008, 10:23 PM
- - nprev   If you're referring to this post, then, yeah, ...   May 11 2008, 10:53 PM
- - dvandorn   Yeah, but... I have this image of Buzz Aldrin, in...   May 12 2008, 12:20 AM
- - nprev   Okay, NOW I have to go get my brain flashburned to...   May 12 2008, 12:26 AM
- - dvandorn   You can always add to that "Poor Neil -- he d...   May 12 2008, 01:45 AM
- - nprev   <removes creaking 386 space-certified processor...   May 12 2008, 01:59 AM
- - Mongo   Here is photographic evidence that the Apollo 11 l...   May 13 2008, 01:35 AM
- - nprev   Hey...nobody saw me, you can't prove anything,...   May 13 2008, 01:52 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Cease this friviolity at once! And now for so...   May 15 2008, 02:22 PM
- - Stu   A terrifying glimpse into the future...? Salvage ...   May 18 2008, 12:25 PM
- - nprev   ...now there's a blast from the past! Than...   May 18 2008, 12:42 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Four new GLXP teams announced, and one new landing...   May 23 2008, 11:41 AM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 23 2008, 12:41 P...   May 23 2008, 04:54 PM
|- - DDAVIS   QUOTE (SFJCody @ May 23 2008, 04:54 PM) M...   May 23 2008, 05:33 PM
- - Phil Stooke   ... and then there were 13. One GLXP team has dro...   May 25 2008, 12:55 AM
- - Stu   Thanks for that, Astroblogger, really appreciate y...   Jun 18 2008, 03:40 PM
- - helvick   One of our favourite PI's gets involved in the...   Jun 18 2008, 08:13 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Thanks for this, Astroblogger. This is a very fla...   Jun 19 2008, 01:10 AM
- - dvandorn   The only thing we need to be reasonably careful of...   Jun 19 2008, 04:43 AM
- - PDP8E   Here is a map of the Apollo 11 site superimposed o...   Jun 20 2008, 03:17 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Using some ideas already discussed here - includin...   Jul 8 2008, 08:53 PM
- - nprev   Looks great, Phil! Very honored by your ack...   Jul 8 2008, 09:22 PM
- - dvandorn   Very nice, Phil! Just one caution (and I know...   Jul 9 2008, 05:58 AM
- - AndyG   Good stuff, Phil. However, I have an issue with th...   Jul 9 2008, 09:01 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I don't suggest tracks or footprints should be...   Jul 9 2008, 11:14 AM
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