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Lunacy - how science fiction is powering the new moon rush

13 mins | Jun 2, 2019
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Is science fiction is fueling politicians, billionaires and enthusiasts to colonize the moon? "Science fiction is often seen as an anticipation – a fiction peculiarly expected to graduate into fact. But if technologies once found only in science fiction do sometimes become real they do not, in so doing, always cease to be science fictional. "

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