Satellites beyond Earth use radio waves for tracking and communication, but the moon satellite is the only one to rely on lasers for tracking, NASA said.
But the Moon is a source of rare earth elements, as well as Helium-3, a possible future fuel for nuclear fusion reactors (if we ever actually invent them).
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It was getting dark, but the moon was bright enough for me to see two very wide, deep tire tracks in the sand, leading all the way back up to the main road.
But the Reverend Moon guarded his wealth, eventually criminally.
Because he was not there to assert his authority, there was not one Soviet attempt to reach the Moon, but several rival schemes to reach the Moon.
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Cooke says Earth was pelted by meteoroids at about the same time, but they hit the moon because it has no atmosphere to protect it.
Few remember the number of steps Neil Armstrong took when he landed on the moon, but they remember he was the first human being who stepped on the moon.
Layton and I had never been to the Blue Moon, but the idea of what and who might be inside became the basis of many of our fantasies as we floated on our backs.
Like Earth, Titan's atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen, but the liquids and vapors on the moon's surface are made of methane and other organic chemicals integral to the creation of complex life.
The US is not so clear about its intentions right now, but China landing on the Moon later this year and a resurgence of international interest in the Moon could change that.
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In the run-up to the vote on May 6th, in which the Liberals, Labour, and Greens increased their strength at the expense of the Christian Democrats, the Netherlands deployed a technique that did not prevent politicians from promising the moon, but at least forced them to come clean about the cost.
The Moon Agreement builds upon the Outer Space Treaty but also says that any natural resources found on the moon are part of "the common heritage of mankind" - in other words, they must be shared.
"There should be nothing in the crib but the baby, " says Rachel Moon, who heads the AAP's task force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), officially any death of a baby under age 1 that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation.
But why bother visiting the moon when there are already aliens living on Earth?
In 1980, the Nevada-based entrepreneur claimed ownership of the moon after finding what he calls a loophole in the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty, which forbids countries from owning the moon but, according to Hope, does not forbid individuals from owning it.
And after the Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, the United States went about winning the Space Race by investing in science and technology, leading not only to small steps on the moon but also to tremendous economic benefits here on Earth.
But the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon supported the debate.
But the venture capitalists at ARCH liked Moon's idea of using old-fashioned pharmaceuticals to manipulate the stem cells that were already in the body.
It was colder than ever now, but the sky had cleared, and a bright moon had emerged from the clouds, cold and white in a pool of indigo sky right above the garden.
But they almost always mention the moon, usually as a looming figure of menace.
Stocks are cheap, but the dollar is even cheaper, driving oil to the moon.
It might border on science fiction today, but so did going to the moon 50 years ago.
This might involve sending people to the moon, but might also involve visiting asteroids and other places of interest.
It may be good to go back to the moon, but if you're going there for resources there are potentially far richer reserves on NEOs and they're easier to get to.
Her buildings look as if they could fly you to the moon, but two recent buildings demonstrate that there is more to her work than a showy exterior: the Riverside Museum, which houses an important collection of historic vehicles, in Glasgow, and the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton.
And long-term human settlement will follow at some point, mainly to develop mineral and energy resources available on the Moon, but also to emplace protective systems aimed at avoiding large asteroid impacts of the type we were all recently made aware with that grazing meteor strike in Chelyabinsk and the simultaneous near-miss by big-rock DA14.
It was still dark outside when I arrived but the sky was lit up by an incredibly large moon glowing over the ballpark -- a baseball cathedral transformed into a church thanks to a 50-by-50-foot altar in centerfield.
One alternative to Ares, proposed by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, is to use modified versions of their existing Delta 4 and Atlas 5 rockets both to go to the moon and to resupply the space station, but at lower cost.
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