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A moon base

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It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

Common sense is prevailing in human space exploration, and the moon is back as the place we need to colonise before a riskier trip to Mars, says Paul Marks

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Moon

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Lunar volcanoes and lava lakes gave the early moon an atmosphere

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Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

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Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

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moon lander

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Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time

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Chris Hadfield

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Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

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I watched the eclipse with scientists hunting the sun’s secrets

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I watched the eclipse with scientists hunting the sun’s secrets

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America's total eclipse: The best guides to how to prepare

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A rendering of a Moon Express spacecraft

Space

Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time

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Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close

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Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

Lunar rock shows the moon’s magnetic field lasted a billion years longer than we thought, which may help us understand how planets keep their protective fields

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Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

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Rocket failure may delay China’s space station and moon missions

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Our young moon’s supersonic winds made waves in its magma ocean

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Old ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ: Space travel? Waste of money

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