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A new moon race is underway

And this it's private companies that are racing to get to the moon first.
Along with NASA, there are a bunch of organizations that want to send stuff to the moon. And now there are companies willing to take things there.
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Lil Uzi Vert says he's buying a planet. Can he?

Jul 28, 2021
Sadly for the diamond-foreheaded rapper, there seems to be no real legal right for him to own an interstellar body.
Lil Uzi Vert performs at Hard Rock Stadium on July 25, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Will private funds fuel the next space race?

Oct 22, 2019
Indian space entrepreneur Susmita Mohanty talks about the future of private space exploration ahead of 70th annual International Astronautical Conference.
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In the novel ‘Delta-v,’ asteroid mining gets us to move to space

Apr 24, 2019
... maybe the ultimate climate change adaptation.
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What goes up must come down. Or else.

Feb 25, 2016
Space debris poses major risks for the future of space exploration.
Space debris poses major risks for the future of space exploration.
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NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto

Jul 13, 2015
Spacecraft probes the farthest reaches of the solar system.

3 things you probably didn't know about Richard Branson

Sep 9, 2014
He has built Virgin into a huge conglomerate by keeping himself front and center.

For public good, not for profit.

NASA will go to Mars, but not before 'putting a baggie' on an asteroid

Dec 9, 2013
Before NASA goes to Mars, it will first return to the Moon and capture an asteroid.

With Mars orbiter, India boldly goes where it hasn't been before

Nov 4, 2013
India will try to become the fourth nation to reach Mars.