[Hplusroadmap] Peter Kokh and Artemis teams

[Bryan Bishop]

On Wednesday 18 June 2008, Causes wrote:
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> Subject: Artemis teams
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> Moon Society President Peter Kokh sent this to the public Artemis
> list. I am forwarding to all my Facebook friends who have joined the
> Moon Society cause:
>
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>
> Most ASI Teams are now long dormant as members and team leaders have
> left.
>
> I'd like to start reactivating some of them.
>
> It might be better to make them Moon Society Teams, but whatever Mike
> Delaney thinks is best is okay with me.
>
> Here are the ASI teams at the top of my list for reactivation
>
> Lunar Agriculture Team - Dave Dunlop, Moon Society Director of
> Project Management, and candidate for the Moon Society Board, is the
> person behind the LUNAX experiments done in the early 1990s in
> connection with our partner NSS Milwaukee chapter, The Lunar
> Reclamation Society.
>
> www.lunax.org
>
> There is a lot there
>
> Now Dave is getting started again, with new collaborators and new
> experiments I've approached him about reactivating this team. Do let
> us know if you might be interested me - kokhmmm at aol.com
> Dave - dunlop712 at yahoo.com
> copy to both of us
>
> Two more teams ripe for reactivation:
>
> Lunar Tourism Team
> Lunar Power Team
>
> Near Earth Asteroid Mining Team
> IF we include under this, mining Phobos and Deimos
> The Russian Phobos-GRUNT mission is on its way to determine if Phobos
> is, as many expect and hope, a carbonaceous chondrite. If so, mining
> Phobos for volatiles would help both the lunar and Martian frontier
> work towards economic viability, becoming a cornerstone of Moon-Mars
> trade. (NOTE: GRUNT is the Russian word for "soil.")
>
> Maybe we could even change the team title to reflect that
> Near Earth Asteroid/PhD Teamfor starters, we could report on
> Phobos-GRUNT mission progress, instruments and capabilities, what it
> would take to develop Phobos/Deimos resources, etc.
>
> Phobos, because it will be on (not off) the beaten track to Mars is
> probably the most economically viable Near-Earth (possibly former)
> Asteroid to exploit.
>
> We could discuss solar sail missions to Phobos, etc., as that is one
> way of getting around the 25.5 month wait between launch windows for
> conventional rocket transportation.
>
> All those interested or even somewhat interested, please get back to
> me, so that I can spend my time pushing those teams in which there is
> the most interest.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter Kokh
> President, The Moon Society


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