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  • Illustration by Todd St. John of a space telescope with eye looking towards stars
    From The New Yorker Magazine: A few months ago, I flew to Houston to visit a small startup called Lunar Resources, which aspires to build the largest telescope in the solar system—not on Earth but on the far side of the moon. Houston is nicknamed
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    From Popular Mechanics: They met with astrophysicist Jack Burns, a member of President Trump's NASA transition team, to learn alittle about what we can expect from the agency moving forward.ÌýIf you feel like NASA's been in limbo lately, you're
  • Jack Burns 9News Interview
    From 9News: Jessica Oh from 9News interviewsÌýDr. Jack Burns and Keith Tauscher who are part of the team at the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó and NASA who are researching building observatories on the Moon. Watch the video...
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    From Popular Mechanics: From probing the Dark Ages of the universe to building a telescope on the moon, pinpointing the light of the first star will be no easy task.Jack Burns is interested in the Dark Ages of the universe. His primary research team
  • Far Side of the Moon LROC
    From CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Today: A 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó team has entered into a five-year, $3.5-million cooperative agreement with NASA to become part of a virtual institute to pursue the construction of astronomical observatories on the moon.The
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    From NASA: NASA Selects New 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Teams to Further Solar System Exploration 91ÃÛÌÒ¸óIn an effort to advance basic and applied research for lunar and planetary science, and advance human exploration of the solar system through scientific discovery
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