Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:00 PST Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110620/04335514757/dailydirt-thats-no-moon.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110620/04335514757/dailydirt-thats-no-moon.shtml

Shackleton Energy wants to be the first company to set up a lunar base for mining the moon and offering a re-fueling depot for spacecraft. If you think gas prices are high, the prices for refueling cryogenic liquid propellants in space are insane... [url]

NASA has released a detailed map of the moon using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. A single pixel on this map corresponds to about 100 meters of elevation on the moon. [url]

If you've ever wondered what the moon smells like... there's an app for that. Spoiler: It smells like gunpowder, not cheese. [url]

To discover more links on space exploration, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon universe. [url]  

By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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