Japan’s space agency is landing its first lunar probe this week. This makes the Moon an increasingly busy target for spacefaring nations – with conflicting political stances among them.
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Some dark craters on the Moon are never exposed to light − ice could be hiding in these permanently shadowed regions, and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission marked a big step toward finding it.
India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the Moon’s surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur, a useful resource, could pave the way for future Moon bases.
India became the first country to land near the south pole of the Moon, a notoriously difficult achievement that also marks them as the fourth country to land on the Moon.
China has made significant advances in space exploration on its own steam. It doesn’t need a partnership with Russia.
The Indian spacecraft could lay the ground for future missions with astronauts, and even for lunar bases.
Several current programs aim at sending humans back to the Moon. What would be the purpose, and what are the real prospects?
India may land on the Moon this coming year, while Nasa will launch its new, powerful rocket farther into space than any other human rated spacecraft.
Companies and space agencies alike will have to compete for very few useful sites on the Moon.
No human has been to the moon since 1972. But India, China and Russia would like to change that, and soon.
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Professeur de physique - Physics professor, Université Paris Cité
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Associate Fellow, Université Paris Cité
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Emeritus Fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Research Professor of Physics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Assistant Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Ethics, Cosmological Visionaries project, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
