Find more space based solar power craziness at the link-tastic Hobbyspace.com
And it looks like China won’t be putting up a solar array anytime soon as they deny reports that they have plans for a space station by 2020
Back on Earth NASA makes progress with its next Shuttle flight to the International Space Station that will launch the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory
Apparently there is some lobbying going on to ensure there is manned Mars mission research at NASA
If you don’t feel energetic enough to do that then just sit back, if you have a Hi-Def capable tv, and enjoy this picture of the Moon care of JAXA
Then again you could wait for Germany’s newly proposed lunar orbiter
But if you prefer to get out into the real wilds of space then how about an asteroid mission?
Or just enter inner-space with Selenian Boondocks and opt for introspection
And finally, Hobbyspace.com links to my story about Ares I crew launch vehicle’s issues
Read my more detailed blog posting about the troubled Ares stick here
