You will find information in the recently published MMM-India Quarterly #2 (free download)
We are providing additional prizes for the top three winners, as well as modest financial support for the competition itself.

This is part of a many fronts effort to expand the Moon Society presence in India, where enthusiasm for space is very high in the aftermath of the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Orbiter on October 22, 2008. There are more English-speaking persons in India, than in North America! And the Indian middle class outnumbers the entire US-Canada population!

Of the 93 nations formerly under British control and now part of the Commonwealth, only a few are involved in Space. India leads, then the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and South Africa. Please call any ommissions to our attention! In our effort to become truly international, we are concentrating on these nations as in each, English is widely spoken.

We are, however, very active in supporting the rise of AEXA, Agencia Espacial Mexicana, and of other Space-involved institutions and organizations in Mexico, where, of course, Spanish is the medium. In time, this effort could extend to other Spanish-speaking nations with modest space programs.

Questionnaires should be sent to:

Other members can download the questionnaire here

Those who return it with current contact information will be eligible for one year membership (new or renewal) on us.

This is a collaborative project, mostly between Chairman of the Board, Scotty Gammenthaler and James Rogers, but with input from all Society Leaders.

We are making progress, but won't introduce the new look until we have decided all issues and gotten rid of all the bugs.

Transferring all the many pages to the new template will take time. But we think you will like it.

In addition to the Moon Society Forum, we have several other interactive sites:

There are now homepage links to all but the last of these in the left hand menu column, image links section. So if you have not visited any of these sites, we are making it easier for you. On some of them, you may need to log in or register.

The Moon Society has set up an  11th Project Team - The Conferences Team, tasked with maximizing our participation and presence at NSS' annual International Space Development Conference. by helping with the Moon Track and elsewhere, making presentations, setting up exhibits, and preparing flyers and other informational material. The team will also arrange Moon Society gatherings at ISDC. The next ISDC is set for May 29-31, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. This is "the" best place to meet Society Leaders and other Society members.

To get involved go to our Team Projects Page

And also check out the Project Teams Discussion Area on the Moon Society Forum

MMM #222 was published February 3rd

Members can download MMM pdf files here (username password required) If you have no username and password, or have forgotten it, please contact us as soon as possible and we'll get you up and running

MMM-India Quarterly. The 2nd issue was published February 19th. This publication is a free access pdf file available to our members and friends everywhere, not just in India.

Moon Society Fiction - 2nd Issue of "Moonbeams" was published Jan 25, 2009, under Editor Chuck Lesher. The 3rd issue is now in compilation.

The Houston chapter has decided to incorporate as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation in the state of Texas. This is recommended, but voluntary. In some states the process poses more hurdles than in others.

The College of the Menominee Nation Campus Chapter in Green Bay, WI has located a free supply of iron rich mine tailings that it proposes to tranform into a lunar simulant. It may not be chemically close to lunar regolith but the pproposal is to investigate how the iron content affects its physical behavior. A second project would attempt to see how iron-rich soil affects plants.


In India, the SEDS chapter at the Vellore Institute of Technology outside Chennai (Madras) has expressed interest in serving as a Moon Society Chapter.

Society Chapters come in two versions: Community-based (St. Louis, Phoenix, Houston, Tucson) and Campus based (College of Menominee Nation - Green Bay Campus)

An Outpost consists of one or more members in a local community that serve as (a) local contact(s) for area members and prospective members of the Society, and which have not yet met the qualifications to be given a chapter charter. To establish an outpost and become a local contact person for the society, write the Chapters Coordinator. There is no reason why a prospective campus chapter cannot start as an outpost, one or more not-yet-organized members.

Outpost Formation Plug - take a look at our Chapters & Outposts map [http://www.moonsociety.org/chapters/chapter_outpost_map.html]

If you live in an unrepresented area, why not take the plunge?

Write: chapters-coordinator@moonsociety.org

If you do not have Skype, please go to www.skype.com and download this free software. When you register for it, you will be prompted to select a "Skype name" this can be your name in the format "firstlast" all lower case, or you can pick a nickname.

Further instructions for joining the Meeting via Skype will be forthcoming.