Credit: NASA, Stanford, Google

'Stanford On The Moon 2007 Conference' Today Features Presentations On Living & Working On Moon By Astronaut Bill Fisher (R), Lunar Cubesat By Prof Bob Twiggs (C), International Lunar Missions By Yuki Takahashi (L), Lunar X Prize Rover By Matt Maniscalco; At Stanford University Campus In Palo Alto CA During Homecoming Reunion

Highlights	Global
Discovery STS-120 crew undergoing final preparations for 23 Oct launch to ISS; Flight Readiness Review on 16 Oct	Expedition 16 crew arrives at ISS today; Peggy Whitson, Yuri Malenchenko, Sheik Muszaphar Shukor
2008 USA President hopeful Hillary Clinton reveals space agenda; plan focuses on science, space exploration	JAXA Kaguya (SELENE) releases VRAD VLBI satellite today; will detect lunar gravity field, ionosphere
National Space Society leads new space solar power organization; to implement NSSO recommendations	China National Space Administration chief Sun Laiyan says Chang'e-1 lunar orbiter ready for launch before year's end
Commercial space firm Spacehab in danger of being delisted from NASDAQ for failing to meet financial requirements	India hoping Chandrayaan-1 Moon mission in Apr 2008 will attract youth to space / science, draw intl partners
Virgin Galactic still recovering from Scaled Composites accident; CEO Branson says SpaceshipTwo on hold	Japan invites private sector use of Kibo ISS module from Jun 2008-Mar 2009; to be delivered in Apr 2008
'International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight' on 24-25 Oct in Las Cruces NM before '2007 Wirefly X Prize Cup'	9th ILEWG Conference (ICEUM9 / ILC2009) on 22-26 Oct in Sorrento, Italy; final program now available