Tag: modern space race

Many contestants in latest ‘space race’ to the moon

Oct 1, 2007

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by

mwkruse

in Business, Public Policy, Science

Christian Science Monitor: Many contestants in latest 'space race' to the moon China, Japan, India, Europe, the US, and Russia are poised to probe Earth's satellite – some with the expectation of extracting lunar resources for national gain. When the Soviet Union launched a basketball-size satellite 50 years ago this week, it touched off a…