Tourism, mining and new settlements are possibilities for our Moon. But what rules and regulations should govern our behavior there?
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There is currently no launch vehicle capable of launching astronauts to the moon in one go.
This year the Apollo 11 mission turns 50 - but what does the future hold for the Moon? The ephemeral shadows cast by human artefacts may soon be joined by more permanent scars of lunar mining.
Objects left on the Moon are not just abandoned rockets and rovers. There is a lot of historic and sentimental memorabilia. Some of it hints at a mission that the first Moonwalkers almost forgot.
Throughout the world, unique sites of natural and cultural heritage are protected for future generations. But what about sites on the moon that represent the beginning of the human space age?
A brief line in the State of the Union address hints at an exciting year for commercial spaceflight companies in the US. After an eight year lull, US rockets will again carry astronauts into space.
The new film is a down-to-Earth portrayal of astronaut Neil Armstrong and our complex relationship with the Moon.
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Professor of Planetary Sciences and Geosciences, University of Arizona
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Richmond
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Health Promotion, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Planetarium Director, NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Planetary Scientist, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Canada Research Chair in Autonomous Space Robotics and Mechatronics, Carleton University
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Professor of Linguistics, University of Chicago
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Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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UKSA Mars Science Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford