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Edition - Today's top story: India's Chandrayaan-3 landed on
the south pole of the Moon − a space policy expert explains
what this means for India and the global race to the Moon
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Global
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India
became the fourth country to successfully land a craft on the
Moon last week. The feat sparked an outpouring of national
pride. The Chandrayaan-3 robotic lander touched down close to
the Moon’s south pole, an area of profound scientific interest
that had not been visited until this point.
China
has had a few craft make it to the Moon in recent years, while
NASA’s Artemis program, that aims to return human to the
surface, is aiming for a landing as soon as 2025. Russia too
remains very interested in the Moon. It launched a robotic
craft – Luna-25 – at the lunar surface this month, but it
crashed just three days before Chandrayaan-3’s successful
landing, serving as a reminder that such
missions remain very difficult to pull off.
What’s
with all this renewed interest in Earth’s only natural
satellite? I asked Mariel Borowitz, an expert in international
space policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, for more
insight
into the geopolitics of Moon landings. Meanwhile, the
range of players in this space race serves as a reminder of
change international political dynamics, and the rise of the
growing Bric
bloc. |
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Mary Magnuson
Assistant Science Editor, US
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully
touched down on the south pole of the Moon on Aug. 23, 2023,
sparking celebrations across the country. AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology
India
became the first country to land near the south pole of the
Moon, a notoriously difficult achievement that also marks them
as the fourth country to land on the Moon. |
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Gail Iles, RMIT University
Space
missions are still difficult, dangerous and risky –
but it’s still early days in the human journey beyond
our planet. | |
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Megan T. Stevenson, University of Virginia
One
by one, former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants
in the Georgia presidential election interference case turned
themselves in for arrest at the Fulton County Jail in
Atlanta. |
Marsha Gordon, North Carolina State University
‘Ex-Wife’
originally outsold ‘The Great Gatsby,’ but critics sniffed at
the novel, deeming it a melodramatic period piece − even
though it tackled timeless issues like gender, money and
power. |
Liz Giuffre, University of Technology Sydney
It
was reported this week that Queen’s song Fat Bottomed Girls
has not been included in a greatest hits compilation aimed at
children – presumably because of the lyrics. |
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Bhaso Ndzendze, University of
Johannesburg
The
disparate nature of the six prospective members is
bound to spark debate about the real nature of
Brics.
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Maida Lynn Chen, University of Washington
Exposure
to screens before bedtime can contribute to chronic
sleep deprivation, which raises the risk for anxiety,
depression and even suicidal thoughts.
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Ciara Molloy, University of Sheffield
Set
in the fictional town of Kilkinure in western Ireland,
the BBC drama captures the story of an unmarried
mother who was formerly detained in a Magdalene
Laundry.
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Christopher Pittard, University of
Portsmouth
The
enjoyment of the show is not in working out who did it
but in the eccentricities of the ever-turning
plot.
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Francis Okpaleke, University of Waikato;
Olumba E. Ezenwa, Royal Holloway University of London
A
geopolitical struggle for valuable resources such as
uranium is behind the wrangling over
Niger. | |
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Sent: Monday, August 28, 2023 10:32 AM
Subject: India, more Brics and the
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