moon
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This Ingenious NASA Scheme Aims to Provide Solar Power to Moon’s Shaded Regions
As humanity looks to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, we might need a team of robots to redirect incoming sunlight to shadowed regions that would otherwise never see the light of day.
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China Launches First Civilian to Space, Targets 2030 for Crewed Lunar Landing
China launched its latest crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station, including the first civilian sent to orbit by the country’s rapidly evolving space program. The Shenzhou-16 crew launched on board a Long March 2F rocket late Monday at 9:31 a.m. on Tuesday local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China’s…
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NASA Scientists Extract Oxygen From Simulated Moon Dirt
In a groundbreaking step towards establishing a human presence on the Moon, NASA extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a “dirty” chamber with similar conditions to the Moon’s environment.
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These Crypto Companies Want to ‘Commoditise’ the Moon
One company is calling on all crypto pirates to sail more than 321,869 km to the lunar surface to recover a bitcoin booty left on the Moon. The advertised 62 bitcoin, with a stated worth of $US1.5 ($2) million, will remain stranded on the lunar south pole after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivers it…