Hullart.com Blog tagged 'X Prize'

A Comparitive Stat on the Moon

jim@hullart.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Pull the moon tangent to the earth and inscribe a circle to contain both. What is the diameter of such a circle? It is 31,680 miles. Enclose the earth in a square. What is its perimeter? It is 31,680 miles. Very interesting don't you think? We can do a lot from here but a space, that exhibits such relationships, seems to provide a compelling calling.

Matter or Space

jim@hullart.com — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Why do we spend so much of our time exploring the material aspects of space when they represent so little of the Universe? I think it is because the variety and evolution of the material part of the universe is evident to our five senses. But if all is an integrated whole then one could hypothesize that space(the void) too has more variety and is evolving although beyond our limited sensory perception. Perhaps the 'void' is m [...]

Moon X Prize

jim@hullart.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 +0100

AA recent article in Popular Mechanics covered the criteria and goals of the Moon X Prize. While interesting they do not require that the rover do any science which is one item that I think they left off of the qualifying critieria for winning the prize. Like the Apollo program they have overlooked the key element or reason for going to the moon which is to learn more about ourselves and our origins. If they had added the necessity for some type of meaningful and successful scientific experim [...]