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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

�鶹��ý was opposed to the Apollo missions from the start, and complained for decades that the money to send people into space was being wasted. Why were we so grumpy and pessimistic about putting a man on the moon?

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An artificial limb is driven by two fiber-based muscles actuated via a heat gun.

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Superstrong artificial muscle can lift 1000 times its own weight

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Green Film Festival

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Don't miss: Green films, rare plants and a cosmos tour

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Astronaut on Moon

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Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system

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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Astronauts in mock cockpit

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Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

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Armoured droplets

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Armoured liquid droplets make mini disco balls, letters and shapes

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Clarkes three laws

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Clarke's three laws

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The best sci-fi books put humanity at the heart of their writing

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This week, explore a gallery full of unseen forces, hide behind the sofa for Stranger Things 3, and learn how to unpick strange languages

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The scientific method

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Pseudoscience

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