News: space
Moon boot
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The Discovery Pod | Season 2, Episode 8
Powering up human settlement on the Moon is widely considered the ideal first step towards long-term crewed planetary exploration—and it could feasibly happen as soon as this decade.
Many countries join The US, Russia and China in creating space agencies
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Civilian and Military use of space has been dramatically increasing in recent years thus leading many States, including Australia, to create National Space Agencies.
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Tackling traffic congestion on the final frontier
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To prevent damage and loss of valuable space assets it is critical that we develop space situational awareness.
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