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Fellow Red Moon author David S. Michaels and I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Benjamin Grundy of Mysterious Universe yesterday evening, and only hours later — boom! — the podcast interview is available here.

Benjamin leads us through a broad spectrum of subjects — NASA secrecy, the question as to why there is this sudden deep interest in the Moon by the major powers of the world, what the Moon has to offer, the future of space flight, and, of course, Red Moon. On the premium version of the podcast, he also explores with us the subject of UFOs, and sightings of them by astronauts and cosmonauts.

The Mysterious Universe podcasts are professional efforts with excellent audio quality and an eye to keeping content fresh and compelling. I highly recommend them.

For more information on the David S. Michaels and Daniel Brenton novel Red Moon, visit their site www.Luna15.com.

An article on the Telegraph news website from February of this year noted a chill in the relationship between Russia and the United States, and hinted at the possibility of a new Cold War in space. Adrian Blomfield’s piece “Russia sees moon plot in NASA plans” reports that Russian officials claim their nation’s offers the the United States to participate in a cooperative Moon effort have been rebuffed.

Why?

Because. The ice on the Moon is better.

And why is that?

Though it would be easy to imagine a customer of a Star Wars cantina making this odd comment (in subtitles), the real reason is that, assuming there is any ice there, it should be, unlike earthly ice, chock-full of an isotope of helium called helium 3.

A plentiful supply of helium 3 — rare on Earth, but abundant in space — combined with an as-yet unperfected nuclear fusion technology, could potentially provide an efficient source of power and a meaningful, clean alternative to fossil fuels for an energy-hungry Earth.

The Russian claim is that the United States wants to control it.

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Larry Ketchersid, new novelist, author of Dusk before the Dawn, and fellow listee on Paul Levinson’s list of Best First SciFi Novels, opens his review of Red Moon with the following praise:

The US-USSR space race re-imagined, with historical fiction combined with a near-future earth on the brink; a great read, not just for NASA fans or sci-fi fans, but all readers.

This book combines an in-depth knowledge of the Soviet Cosmonaut program and moon exploration in general with a plausible near future environmental/ political forced need for a new fuel supply and an intertwined, well thought out face-paced read. One of the most enjoyable reads off my stack in quite some time.

Read the rest here.

And thank you Larry, and best wishes to you and toward all your endeavors.

For more information on the David S. Michaels and Daniel Brenton novel Red Moon, visit their site www.Luna15.com.