Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions
Continuing the Artemis program and using its planned lunar space station as a staging post would be a more energy efficient but slower way to reach Mars, and it’s unlikely to be Elon Musk’s preference.
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This state is facing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history
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Marvel Rivals Players Think Moon Knight's OP Ultimate Might Be Even More Busted Right Now
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Is assisted dying a ‘clear and present danger’ to people with disabilities? New US film asks tough questions
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Zelensky Could Face Tough Re-election Prospects, Polls Show
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FirstFT: US rates could remain on hold for the ‘foreseeable future’
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Content creators respond to TikTok's uncertain future in the US
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Vice President Harris faces tough decisions on political future
Advisers and allies are privately deliberating Vice President Harris’s next steps as she prepares to leave office Monday facing an uncertain future after an unprecedented year. Harris, who became ...The Hill - Jan. 19 -
Scalabrine: Mazzulla ‘might have to make tough decision' amid C's struggles
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Google faces first major probe under UK's tough new antitrust rules
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SpaceX to launch two lunar landers in new mission to the moon
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Pete Hegseth's Pentagon future faces crucial test in Senate committee hearing
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A Stargazers’ Guide to Watching the Full Moon Pass Mars and the a New Come
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Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk’s space dream.
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TikTok's future in the US rests with the Supreme Court
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TikTok, Facing a US Ban, Is Also Waging Legal Battles Around the World
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U.S. Steel Faces Stark Choices as Nippon Steel Merger Founders
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California wildfire victims face uncertain future: "It looks like a war zone"
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Heads say they face tough choices on school spending as costs rise
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NASA studies options to rein in cost of Mars Sample Return mission
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