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Inform your opinion: Why is everyone racing to the moon?

By Paul Little

New Zealand Listener·

30 Aug, 2023 05:00 PM4 mins to read

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Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site on the moon in 1972. Photo / Getty Images