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Analysis, Great Videos, Historical Perspectives

Photography based proof that we actually did land on the moon

January 21, 2013

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One of the biggest conspiracy theories of all time is that, in 1969, NASA did not actually land on the moon. Many different breakdowns of the photo and video footage have been used to make this point (think: flag waving, missing stars, etc), leading most conspiracy theorists to argue that the great Stanley Kubrick actually filmed the moon landing in a television studio.

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Science & Technology News, Space

China reveals its space plans through 2016

December 29, 2011

Illustration depicts a Chinese Shenzhou vehicle approaching the Tiangong 1 space lab during orbital rendezvous and docking tests.

Over the next five years, China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations, according to a plan released Thursday that shows the country’s space program is gathering momentum.

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Science & Technology News, Space

NASA considers fuel depots in space

October 23, 2011

In-orbit gas station

NASA is considering a proposal to put fuel depots in space while looking to accelerate plans to send astronauts to distant destinations.

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Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News, Space

Lunar scientists’ plan for sustainable and affordable Moon base

October 22, 2011

Settlement on the Moon

It’s been a dream for a long time to have a human settlement on the Moon, but in this age of budget cuts and indecisive plans for NASA’s future, a Moon base may seem too costly and beyond our reach. But a noted lunar scientist, Dr. Paul Spudis from the Lunar and Planetary Institute and a colleague, Tony Lavoie from the Marshall Space Flight Center, have come up with a plan for building a lunar settlement that is not only affordable but sustainable. It creates a Moon base along with a type of ‘transcontinental railroad’ in space which opens up cislunar space – the area between Earth and the Moon – for development.

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Analysis, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News, Space

Earth had two moons that collided to form one: study

August 4, 2011

This diagram shows a simulation of four stages of a collision between the Moon and a companion moon.

There may have been a tiny second moon that had once orbited Earth before catastrophically slamming into the other one. The clash of the two moons could explain why the two sides of the surviving lunar satellite are so different from each other, according to a new study.

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Globalism, Historical Perspectives, New Viewpoints

Happy Moon Day!

July 21, 2011

An icon of achievement.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon.

And there was much rejoicing!

From the Smithsonian, this image:

In celebration of the first man on the moon, we share with you the Apollo 11 Command Module, “Columbia” – the living quarters for Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins…

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Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News, Space

Breathtaking photos of the night sky seen with the naked eye

July 13, 2011

Photographer Alex Cherney has dedicated his life’s work to capturing the night sky.

A star-gazer with just an ordinary digital camera has come a little bit closer to the final frontier. – Alex Cherney spent 18 months photographing the night sky and turned thousands of snaps into incredible time-lapse video of the cosmos. (Pics)

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Science & Technology News, Space

Official Teams Competing in the $30 Million Race to the Moon Announced by Google Lunar X Prize

February 18, 2011

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The X PRIZE Foundation has announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, an unprecedented competition to send a robot to the Moon that travels at least 500 meters and transmit video, images, and data back to the Earth. This group of teams signifies this new era of exploration’s diverse and participatory nature as it includes a huge variety of groups ranging from non-profits to university consortia to billion dollar businesses representing 17 nations on four continents. The global competition, the largest in history, was announced in September 2007, with a winner projected by 2015.

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