First Women / Americans at the Moon South Pole 2020-2021: Part 3

Moonbase Best Advances Korea, Mideast Peace

SpaceWeek 2017 with new USA Moon Return priorities marks the 48th observation of the epochal Apollo 11 touchdown “in peace for all”. A Moonbase could be a game changer for peace on Earth, offering a new perspective, a new direction, and a new inspiration (“If we can put people on the Moon, why can’t we ___ .”). The best option for resolving conflicts in the Korean Peninsula and Middle East may arise from the collaborations required for this Luna construct, with rockets pointed up to the Moon instead of toward other nations.

American leadership advancing humanity to a new beginning, elevating commerce, science, technology, education, society to a new vantage. Official public investment in the Moon boosts commercial and independent efforts and raises opportunity for international cooperation on a multinational public-private “Moonrush”, development of the Cislunar Superhighway infrastructure. Reclamation of America / humanity’s greatest advance and of human existence as a multi world species, evolving to a multi world civilization and cislunar econosphere will win a most successful future for the 2020s.

The Moon is our launch pad to Mars, the Solar System, and gateway to the Stars, an outpost and stepping stone for Solar System Complete in the 21st Century.(Image Credit: NASA, Google Earth, Landsat / Copernicus, SIO, NOAA, US Navy, NGA, GEBCO, IBCAO)

MONDAY

Jul 17 — ARTEMIS P2, Moon Orbit: Craft begins 7th year in Moon orbit today; originally launched with constellation of 5 satellites in 2007 to study Earth magnetosphere, NASA ARTEMIS collecting data on Moon interaction with Sun; reached Moon 2011.

Jul 17 — New Horizons Team, NASA, Patagonia, Argentina: Science team to use 2 dozen small mobile telescopes (each 40 cm diameter) to observe final stellar occultation by Kuiper Belt Object 2014 to look for evidence of debris & chart flight trajectory for flyby Jan 1, 2019.

Space Day July 20, 2017: Two Years Before Apollo 11 @50

Space Exploration Day may become a global, national holiday in 2 years when Humankind celebrates the 50th commemoration of the 1st footsteps on the Moon / Apollo 11 landing by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin July 20, 1969. A New Moon may be rising with USA Vice President Mike Pence stating ‘America will return to the Moon.’ NASA Ames is hosting the 8th Annual Lunar and Small Bodies Graduate Conference (LunGradCon 2017) on July 17 for students to present research in 4 categories: Dust / Regolith & Plasma, Geology & Geophysics, Volatiles / Exospheres, and Missions & Human Exploration. The 4th annual SSERVI Exploration Science Forum is July 18-20. Maria Zuber will be presented with the Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal. Invited speakers include Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, David Kring, James Head, Noah Petro, Pamela Clark, Ben Bussey, Carle Pieters, Alan Stern, Andrea Jones, Mario Santander and Gwanghyeok Ju. They will talk on International Observe the Moon Night, water on the Moon, Korea Lunar Exploration, Mexican Space Agency lunar payload, LRO, Lunar Ice Cube and LunaH-map. The 2nd New Worlds Space Policy Summit headed by Rick Tumlinson is set to occur in Washington DC on July 20. The Moon Society and NSS North Texas Chapter are hosting Moon Day 2017 on July 22 at Frontiers of Flight Museum featuring Astronaut Janet Kavandi. (Image Credit: NASA, ESA, LPI, DSI, NSS, et al)

Jul 17 — NASA Ames Research Center,

Jul 17 — Keck Institute for Space Studies, Pasadena CA: Lecture: Building the Giant Magellan Telescope; featuring James Fanson – Project Manager at Giant Magellan Telescope Organization.

Jul 17-20 — Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, NASA, Boeing Co., American Astronautical Society, Washington DC: 2017 International Space Station R&D Conference: Innovation Beyond Boundaries; keynote speaker Astronaut Kate Rubins.

Jul 17-21 — Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom: Conference: Transiting Exoplanets from the Wide Angle Search for Planets.

Jul 17 — Venus: 1.6° N of comet 24P Schaumasse, 23:00.

Jul 17 — Aten Asteroid 2017 NS5: Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU).

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Jun 26 – Jul 21 — Other Worlds Laboratory at University of California – Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA: 2017 Exoplanet Summer Program.

Jun 30 – Jul 29 — Space Media Ventures, National Space Society, Online: Kickstarter Campaign: Space Odyssey Game; presented by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, for people of all ages to experience new Worlds and add to them as real science & their collective imagination allows.

Jul 11 – Aug 11 — Mars Spacecraft, Mars Orbit: Superior Solar Conjunction to prevent normal operations for international Mars missions, craft will undergo critical operations stand-down and most will rely on automated systems.

Jul 12-20 — Korean Physical Society, International Cosmic Ray Conference Committee, Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies, Busan, South Korea: 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017).