Long after our species and all its works have turned to dust, the moon landing sites will still show evidence of our time here on Earth. Imagine future explorers from among the stars interpreting that. The astronauts’ footprints should last longer than the fossils in the Olduvai Gorge have. --Jay Lake, ca. July 2008 ( Read more... )

One of the topics on NPR's Talk of the Nation - Science Friday today will be the lunar farside (which, ahem, is not the same thing as the "dark" side...). Coming up in one hour. In Hour 2, Ira Flatow will talk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, astronomer and science popularizer, about Pluto ( Read more... )