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NASA activates 622 Mbps laser network between the Earth and Moon
2013-10-24 19:28:38| Extremetech
Using their new lunar laser link, NASA and MIT have succeeded in beaming data from the Moon at 622 megabits per second. This impressive feat is an important step in moving away from radio communications, which have reached the limit in the face of the new data demands for work in space.
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Saving the planet from short-termism will take man on the moon commitment
2013-10-20 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: "We choose to go to the moon." So said John F Kennedy in September 1962 as he pledged a manned lunar landing by the end of the decade. The US president knew that his country's space programme would be expensive. He knew it would have its critics, but he took the long-term view. Warming to his theme in Houston that day, JFK went on: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organise...
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Dark side of the Moon: Astronauts fight over who gets to name craters
2013-10-01 08:22:33| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
William Anders and Jim Lovell - who were immortalised in Apollo 13 - among the first to orbit the Moon in 1968 Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature.
Space probe finds plastic ingredient on Saturn's moon
2013-10-01 01:41:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found propylene, a chemical used to make household plastic containers, on Saturn's moon Titan, the space agency said.
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Norway ditches 'moon landing' carbon capture project
2013-09-23 04:36:06| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Norway has abandoned plans to build a full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant at the Mongstad refinery, curtailing a $1bn project known as the country's "moon landing". The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy confirmed late last week the plans would be halted and the government will instead look to develop "at least one full-scale CCS project ... by 2020" in another location. However, government funding for the CCS test centre at Mongstad will be increased by 400 million kroner (42m) over...
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