From DRh9811850 at aol.com Mon Jan 19 03:07:54 2009 From: DRh9811850 at aol.com (DRh9811850 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:07:54 EST Subject: [oasis-members] NASA Makes a Pitch to the New Presdient on Tuesday Message-ID: After the oath has been given, and the parade all but over, NASA is going to roll out a new rover to go through it's paces, and wow the crowds. To read the story and play a short video, please follow this link. _http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/12/watch-the-new-moon-rover-in-action/_ (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/12/watch-the-new-moon-rover-in-action/) This isn't the only lunar rover in the works, either. There's also a "truck" for transporting astronauts and equipment on the moon's surface. _http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/nasas- ultimate-off-road-truck-for-the-moon/_ (http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/nasas-ultimate-off-road-truck-for-the-moon/) Now if only there was some funding to send them up there... From DRh9811850 at aol.com Mon Jan 19 16:24:27 2009 From: DRh9811850 at aol.com (DRh9811850 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:24:27 EST Subject: [oasis-members] Corrected link to lunar "truck" Message-ID: Sorry, for the bad link. Here is the corrected one to the "lunar truck" vehicle article . What do folks think of these two vehicles? Does anyone (besides me) think they're just a tad too big? I wasn't aware that we had a launch vehiicle that would be capable of launching a vehicle of this size -- except in pieces. Putting the vehicle together on the moon would make your average Christmas Eve bike assembly look tame! From DRh9811850 at aol.com Mon Jan 19 22:12:24 2009 From: DRh9811850 at aol.com (DRh9811850 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:12:24 EST Subject: [oasis-members] Corrected link to lunar "truck" Message-ID: I'm so sorry -- this is the truck link! _http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/nasas-ultimate-off-road-truck-for-the -moon/_ (http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/27/nasas-ultimate-off-road-truck-for-the-moon/) This is the link to the Lunar Rover, that will be in the Inauguration Parade tomorrow, just in case. The truck link is actually at the bottom of the rover article... _http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/12/watch-the-new-moon-rover-in-action/_ (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/12/watch-the-new-moon-rover-in-action/) _