Broadcasts include international sporting events such as the Mavericks big-wave surfing contest from Half Moon Bay, Calif.

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The thousands filed out of the SECC sporting big grins lit up by the clear red moon.

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If a big enough one were to slam into the moon in the night sky you would think the sun was coming up early only it would be 5 to 7 times as bright.

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Kennedy, who made us believe 50 years ago this week -- (applause) -- that mankind could do something big and bold and ambitious as walk on the moon.

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But Anderson said the next big step involves something slightly further afield - a trip to the Moon.

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SpaceX was quick to make the point that the ability to carry on despite an engine failure demonstrates a big advantage of multi-engined rockets like the Falcon (Space Shuttles and Saturn V moon rockets could both do something similar).

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And Moon said the 2007 report of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change left a "big asterisk" when it came to the behavior of the major ice sheets.

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