While the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing is an opportunity to celebrate a remarkable technological achievement, it’s worth reflecting upon the creative vision that made it possible.
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Conspiracy theorists claim NASA used the Apollo special camera to stage the moon landings in a studio and then slowed down the footage to make it look like there was less gravity.
They reflect wider concerns about the US – and its leaders.
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In episode 2 of The Conversation's new podcast series, we look at how people reacted to the moon landing – and why some still believe it was a hoax.
In the future we might get sick of hearing people tell their stories about going to the Moon. Perhaps the Moon will just be like thinking about today’s Antarctica – a remote but accessible place.
On the 50th anniversary of man’s historic moon landing, Pedro Duque remembers how every child wanted to be an astronaut in 1969.
NASA has made significant steps in making explicit appeals to women to support space exploration, but it might not be doing enough to gather needed political support.
The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the Moon.
Did you know it’s a myth that Teflon came out of NASA?
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The first episode of a brand new podcast series to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landings looks back at what going to the moon taught us and why we stopped sending people there.
Here is how our mobile phones compare with the computer that landed man on the moon in 1969.
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A new podcast series from The Conversation exploring the last 50 years of space exploration and the 50 years to come.
A new study suggests that we should limit ourselves to developing just one eight of the solar system.
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.
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
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Chargé de recherche (CNRS) à l'Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Business Studies, Trinity College Dublin
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ARC Future Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Professor of American Studies, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Space Physics, Lancaster University
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Professor in Health History, University of Strathclyde
