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NASA Discovered a Faster, Cheaper Way of Getting to The Moon… And Patented It – ScienceAlert
The Moon is both seductively close to Earth and cosmically far away: Decades after the end of the space race, it remains extraordinarily expensive and difficult to actually get there.
The Moon is both seductively close to Earth and cosmically far away: Decades after the end of the space race, it remains extraordinarily expensive and difficult to actually get there.
The journey just got a bit easier, however, thanks to a freshly published NASA invention.
The agency’s patent doesn’t cover a new piece of equipment or lines of code, but a trajectory a route designed to save a lunar-bound mission time, fuel, and money, and boost its scientific value.
On June 30, the US Patent a…
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