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Americans have not stepped foot on the moon in nearly 50 years, but that’s going to change very soon.
This week on “Space Curious,” Astralytical space consulting firm founder Laura Forcyzk helped explain why the U.S. left the moon after the final Apollo mission and hasn’t been back.
The U.S. space race with Russia was the major driving factor to achieve a moon landing in the 1960s. The reason NASA stopped sending astronauts after 1972 and didn’t build the moon base it plans to now comes down to funding and politics.
27 April 2021, 12:04 am
Would you believe that 4G on the moon is now possible? Finally, a new level of communication is now brought to space this time thanks to Nokia which spearheaded the project.
Before, we could only enjoy the communication technology within the planet. What could it possibly deliver to all of us here on Earth?
Nokia Works on Moon 4G Project
(Photo : Nokia Bell Labs)
According to the latest report of Extreme Tech, Nokia has been granted by NASA a $14.1-million contract to build communication sites to the Earth s natural satellite.
It was last year when the space agency awarded the opportunity to the Finnish IT company. It seems that NASA will come back for a lunar voyage soon but this time to accompany Nokia s Bell Labs in establishing its Moon 4G project ahead.
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This fall, the Nova-C Lunar Lander will be the first vehicle to softly touch down on the moon since the Apollo Program in 1972. And that means also for the first time since then that Houston will serve as the control center for a mission to the moon.
Except, it won t be NASA s Johnson Space Center at the helm.
The private company Intuitive Machines designed the lander, which is scheduled to launch Nov. 8 on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will spend nearly two weeks on the lunar surface conducting experiments aimed at helping inform future manned missions back to the moon.
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