China’s plan to be first to far side of the moon could unveil inner lunar secrets
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Exploring our moon today to learn more about Earth’s youth billions of years ago
The moon might harbor bits of the Earth that blasted off our planet billions of years ago. These lunar time capsules could hold secrets about conditions here at home back when life was first emerging.
Why we should mine the moon
To date, all human economic activity has depended on the material and energy resources of a single planet; understandably, perhaps. It is conceivable though that future advances in space exploration could…
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