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NASA has a plan: It's going to send a team of astronauts back to the moon for the first time in more than five decades, including the first woman to tread upon the lunar surface. Recently, scientists have learned a whole lot more about our planet's largest satellite, but there's still a lot we have yet to understand about the moon and its place in the solar system. That's why going back to the moon as part of the Artemis mission is so important.
The benefits of returning to the moon go beyond the scientific — it can also help teach us how to survive away from our home planet and to explore further than ever before. We spoke to astronaut Kjell Lindgren, a member of NASA's Artemis Team, from which the next humans to walk on the moon will be selected, about why we need to go back there. |
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From a distance, it looks like a regular candy bar dispenser, but get up close and you'll quickly see that this is a vending machine with a difference. This particular machine deals out free COVID-19 tests instead of snacks.
Ramping up COVID testing across the U.S. is a key part of tackling the spread of the coronavirus, and the University of California, San Diego, is doing its bit. In an effort to increase testing for students and workers, the educational facility has built a test-dispensing vending machine and installed 11 of them at various locations across the campus. The university said in a message on its website that following a self-administered testing procedure, the sample should be returned within 72 hours via drop boxes located beside the vending machines.
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Tesla chief Elon Musk has tweeted a drone video showing the nearly finished Giga Berlin factory, the electric car company's first such facility in Europe.
The video, shot recently in snowy conditions, reveals the huge scale of the plant on the 92-hectare site. In another tweet, Musk said that the factory's large footprint may give it a "flat" appearance in the aerial footage, but in reality, the building is up to five stories high in places.
Situated 20 miles southeast of the German capital, the factory will employ around 10,000 people and produce the Model Y crossover for the European market, as well as batteries, battery packs, and powertrains for Tesla vehicles. It might also include a "mega rave cave," if Musk follows through on one of his earlier suggestions. |
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