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Do We Really Need the Moon?

Do We Really Need the Moon?

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Do We Really Need the Moon? – The moon is such a familiar presence in the sky that most of us take it for granted. But what if it wasn’t where it is now? How would that affect life on Earth?     Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores our intimate relationship with the moon. Besides orchestrating the tides, the moon dictates the length of a day, the rhythm of the seasons and the very stability of our planet. Yet the moon is always on the move. In the past, it was closer to the Earth and […]

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The Moon

The Moon

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This film tells the epic story of our love affair with The Moon – what inspired it, how it faded away and how we are now falling in love all over again.     1972 was the year a great affair ended, as the human race fell out of love with the moon. Just three years after the world was gripped by Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind, the last man left the moon and we have never been back.   The Moon The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth’s only permanent natural satellite.

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The Sky at Night – Return to the Moon

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In the first of two programmes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landings, the Sky at Night team take a look at the latest plans to return to the Moon. Recently, China, Israel and India have all sent major missions to the Moon. The Europeans and Americans are planning to build a space station in permanent orbit around the Moon.     And NASA has just announced that they plan to land astronauts on the Moon’s surface within five years. It all suggests that we are on the verge of a new golden age in lunar exploration.

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