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World Moon Bounce Day 17th April 2010

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  • “Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.”
    by Neil Armstrong
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    by Alan Shepard
Apollo 13 40th Anniversary
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World Moon Bounce Day – Part 2

What a Difference a Big Dish Makes
Report on World Moon Bounce Day 2010 activities. – by Robert brand
Just had word of some amazing results from our World Moon Bounce 2010. Normally you would need some big phased array antennas or dishes (both with accurate tracking) to be able to talk to other people by bouncing [...]

Building A New Deep Space Network Q and A

Who Wants to Build a Global Space Network?
I do!
Who am I?

My name is Robert Brand and although I am part of the Echoes Of Apollo group, this proposal is from me personally. Echoes of Apollo has been kind enough to allow me to tell others about this opportunity. They are in no way involved [...]

World Moon Bounce 2010

Arecibo Joins us for Moon Bounce 2010

Although World Moon Bounce Day 2010 is scheduled for April 17th, this year we will have contacts running for three days as we have the famous Arecibo dish joining us. April 17th is the day that the ill-fated Apollo 13  mission returned to earth 40 years ago and we [...]

Solar Wind Resources

Today’s Solar Information
We have added a new page with Solar wind information that is updated regularly from resources such as NOAA. You will find the page on our menu bar under “Resources” and click “Solar Wind Info”. Some examples of what is on the page can be seen below.
Click here to go to the Solar [...]

Press Release – Save Moon Dish

Group Formed to Save Iconic Moon Dish
PRESS RELEASE: 10-001
Jan. 21, 2010
Sydney — The Moon dish that brought the Apollo 11 moon walk images to the world’s TV screens is slated to become little more than a statue near Canberra, the capital of Australia in just over a week .NASA is feeling the pinch during world [...]

Moon TV Dish to be Stowed – Forever

The NASA Moon TV Dish to be Welded in Place.
The Australian Dish that brought the world the first footsteps on the moon is to be stripped of all electronics and servos and welded in the Stow position by “cash strapped” NASA. They have really looked at where they could get the budget, but found only [...]

World Moon Bounce Day Announced

World Moon Bounce Day 2010
April 17th
Echoes of apollo are proud to announce the date of World Moon Bounce Day 2010. It is set to coincid with the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13’s return to earth and is scheduled for April 17th. Details are on our website at http://echoesofapollo.com/moon-bounce/
In Brief:
So what is moon bounce? Also known [...]

Space News.

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A tipping point for commercial crew?
Orbital Sciences Corporation is considering a crewed version of its Cygnus spacecraft, making it one of several companies showing recent interest in commercial crew transportation systems.
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LCROSS Team Changes Target Crater for Impact
Based on new analysis of the latest lunar data, the science team for NASA’s Lunar Crater [...]

Amateur Radio Magazine – World Moon Bounce Day.

World Moon Bounce Day 2009
Below is some of the article on the Echoes of Apollo World Moon Bounce Day. Much of the article was written by the University of Tasmania (UTAS) staff members Rex Moncur VK7MO and Justin Giles-Clark VK7TW for the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA):
27 June 2009 was designated World Moon Bounce Day [...]

World Moon Bounce Day just a Day Away

RADIO AUSTRALIA INTERVIEW
With World Moon Bounce Day only a little over 24 hours away, we are working hard on the fine points.
A quick update:
Robert Brand, Global Events Manager for Echoes of Apollo was interviewed for Radio Australia today.It was broadcast globally and is now on the internet as an mp3 file.
Listen to Robert discuss World [...]