NASA looks to Lunar Science
The Register: This week the first annual Lunar Science Conference is being held at the NASA/AMES Research Center in Mountain View, California. It's being run by the newly-formed NASA Lunar Science Institute — whose job it will be make dust vapor studies look sexy while doling out $2m grants to teams of lucky researchers. Reporter Austin Modine irreverently
summarizes some of the discussions held at the conference over why NASA should head back to the Moon.