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One Small Step for a Man

During the development of the Apollo moon missions in the early 1960s, the newfangled government agency called “NASA”... • By Alan Bellows • 26 October 2020

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The cheap pen that changed writing forever
bbc.com
 Man arrested after showering commuters with money from 30th-floor window
theguardian.com
 New NASA/SETI research suggests there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy, some within 30 lightyears of Earth • (see also)
seti.org
 The history of the London Necropolis Railway, the city's train for the dead
nationalgeographic.com
 Galileo’s famous gravity experiment holds up, even with atoms
sciencenews.org
 These spiders lack ears. But they can hear you
cnn.com
 Why Multilevel Marketing and QAnon Go Hand in Hand
theatlantic.com
 How Octopuses Use Their Suction Cups to Taste Through Touch
wired.com
 In the Hunt for Planet Nine, Astronomers Eye a New Search Technique
scientificamerican.com
 Philae’s second touchdown site discovered at ‘skull-top’ ridge
esa.int
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