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Back to the Moon (and on to the Stars)

Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 12:30 a.m.

b'Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss recent big news touching on space exploration. Is a return to the moon imminent?\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nNasa discovers new solar system TRAPPIST-1 - where life may have evolved on three planets\\n\\nLife may have evolved on at least three planets within a newly discovered solar system that is 39 light years from Earth, it was announced last night.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nHow to Get Back to the Moon in 4 Years--This Time to Stay\\n\\nWho is able to land on the lunar surface? Elon Musk and Robert Bigelow. Musk\\u2019s rockets\\u2014the Falcon and the soon-to-be-launched Falcon Heavy\\u2014are built to take off and land. So far their landing capabilities have been used to ease them down on earth.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nSpace Startups Are Booming in the Mojave Desert\\n\\nInside a series of nondescript buildings in the \\xaddriest desert in North America, an entrepreneurial enclave is chasing the next frontier of commerce.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nWT 271-580'