India is well on the way to joining the select group of nations to place a spacecraft on the moon.
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"Milestone" deal sees US, India exploring moon together
Under an accord between the countries' space agencies, India's first unmanned lunar mission will carry two scientific payloads from the US agency, Nasa.
The Final Frontier: Getting A Bit Crowded?
US President George Bush called for the US to return to the moon, but any program to get there won't see any real money until at least 2010, the projected date for completing the space station and retiring the shuttle fleet.
China is developing a reasonably successful space program, and has plans to go to the moon and put taikonauts on Mars. India is also lunar bound, with the appropriately named Chandrayaan-1 the likely first step. Meanwhile, Russia appears to be shaking off its space budget blues, with Roskosmos set to receive more cash now and in the immediate future, thanks to the booming Russian economy, government budget increases and its commercial ventures. Given the Russian ability to do pretty amazing things with sometimes laughable resources, and their complex relationship with China, we'll probably see a great deal out of that country in the near future.
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What factors affect my ability to see the moon during the day?
I have noticed that I can see the moon during the day sometimes, but not all the time. What factors are at work here? The season? The time of day?
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