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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, I wanted to share a selection of The Conversation’s Moon coverage – from an article that challenges young Americans to create their own 21st-century Moonshot to a story on Neil Armstrong’s confusing words, to the message of peace that Buzz and Neil almost forgot to leave behind and 5 Moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth.
We’ve also got great reads on creating World Heritage sites on the Moon, who owns the Moon, mining the Moon, the untold story of the first Moon mappers, what’s on the mysterious far side, the importance of a space bra and why we need a diverse corp of astronauts, especially women. You can also listen to a podcast, To the Moon and Beyond, produced by editors at different editions of The Conversation around the world.
Beam me up, Scotty.
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Mars should be the next destination for humankind.
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Vahe Peroomian, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Americans need a new multi-decade Moonshot that will inspire several generations to shoot for the stars and pursue careers in space engineering and exploration.
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It’s the case of the missing ‘a.’
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Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk, University of Oregon
Armstrong always insisted that he said, 'That’s one small step for a man.' Yet everyone omits the 'a' when they repeat the quote. A linguist tries to get to the bottom of what happened.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
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Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the Moon.
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Timothy Swindle, University of Arizona
The first humans to land on the Moon, and the team that got them there, get all the glory. But what about the people who laid the foundation for this effort by mapping the Moon? Who were they?
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Anne Collins Goodyear, Bowdoin College
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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Sara M. Langston, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
The new era of space exploration is characterized by an emphasis on diversity and international cooperation. But there's a lot of work to do before there's gender equality in STEM fields and at NASA.
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Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
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.
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