A planetary smashing time

A report in the New Scientists provides further problems for potential life harbouring planets around other stars.

Not only do they have to be in the habitable zone aroung a friendly star, this article highlighta the potential perils of being in a system that is even slightly unstable

Growing Plants on the Moon

This article on the BBC shows that with a little added bacteria, Moon dust could be a bonanza for any potential Lunar Farmer.

My brother argued with me that to set up any self sustaining biosphere on the moon you would have to import enough soil from Earth to cover Bristol. Well maybe not.

Also mentioned here is Moon First, a concept I wasn't aware of before.

After a long absence...

.... this blog is back!

My intention is to focus on four areas
1. Extra solar planet detection
2. Inter-stellar travel research
3. Exploration of potential homes for life within the solar system
4. Groundbreaking technologies and intiatives to provide low cost access to Earth orbit.

That's not to exclude anything else regarding space exploration, though.

I will start browsing the news-sphere for more relevant articles, and try and act as a news hub. Peoples contributions in this, or just their own ideas and commentary, will be very welcome.

I will also be creating a web site to provide an understanding of extra-solar planet search technologies and news on progress.

To kick off, it seems we have now found four sub-surface oceans in the outer solar system that could potentially harbour life. One day we'll go and find out if they do!