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A homage to Earth from space / Director turns fascination with Apollo moon flights into valentine to planet
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"For All Mankind," a visceral film about the Apollo astronauts,
is not so much about going to the moon as it is about leaving the
Earth.
It is, in fact, a dazzling love letter to the planet.
Watching the film, it is as if we are suspended in "space that
has no end, time that has no meaning," and we see Earth as the
astronauts saw it: an exquisite blue and white marble floating in
the dark. It is home. Alive. Mesmerizing. The entire history of
the human race has taken place...
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A homage to Earth from space / Director turns fascination with Apollo moon flights into valentine to planet
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
; "For All Mankind," a visceral film about the Apollo astronauts, is not so much about going to the moon as it is about leaving the Earth. It is, in fact, a dazzling love letter to the planet. Watching the film, it is as if we are suspended in "space that has no end, time that has no meaning," and we
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Moon mysteries.
Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin)
; The moon is a large rock that travels around Earth. It is the brightest object in the night sky. The moon's brightness help some animals, such as wolves, see better on dark nights. Teaching the Issue Moon Mysteries People have stared into the night sky and wondered about the moon for hundreds of
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THE MYSTICAL MEANINGS OF THE MOON.
International Journal of Humanities and Peace
; INTRODUCTION The Moon is the most mysterious of all the planets. It acts as our gateway to the world. It determines how our minds receive and interpret our various experiences of the world and, thus, influences how we will choose to act and react in the day to day circumstances of our lives. The
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Arts: The Cultural Significance of... The Moon: The monster raving lunar party Why have so many artists been so totally moonstruck? Because, suggests Kevin Jackson in the second of our series on cultural icons, the moon became like the white whale in Moby-Dick: an object of obsession and a symbol of imagination and darker human urges
The Independent - London
; Dwelling on the moon can be a dangerous business: Neil Armstrong would confirm that, and so would the poet Robert Graves, who wrote to a friend that he was growing worried "by thinking about poetry and finding that all the poems one thinks of as most poetic in the romantic style are all connected
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Moon's pull on earthbound scientists still strong
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Moon's pull on earthbound scientists still strong By KENNETH CHANG New York Times Monday, January 19, 2004 For some, it is the steppingstone of the moon, not the distant goal of Mars, that is the irresistible destination in the human venture into space. For geologists, moon rocks could tell much
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Moon mysteries: Our solitary satellite has already told us a lot about life on Earth - and it has lots more to say.(The Home Forum)
The Christian Science Monitor
; ... the moon's surface began. As telescopes improved, so did our maps and understanding of the moon's craters and its seas (or maria ... trees' at: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/. Check out moon maps, pictures of the moon, and quizzes at: www.moonphases.com/ See ...
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What should we do with the moon?(conflicting ideas about the moon's future)(Cover Story)
Discover
; ... probe had arrived in lunar orbit and started making detailed maps of the surface. The biggest jewel in a treasure trove of scientific ... four lunar landers and an accompanying orbiter to make detailed maps of the moon's gravity field. But there's no saying when the subsequent ...
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MOON'S SHADOWPLAY WITH EARTH SETS THE STAGE FOR A CELESTIAL SHOW
The Boston Globe
; ... The next total eclipse of the moon for North America comes on Oct. 27, 2004. SKYLINE TELEPHONE NEWS A three-minute recording of the week's astronomy news can be heard by calling 617-497-4168, the "Skyline" service of Sky & Telescope magazine.
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Scientist and futurist; Bill Reinert is anything but a typical Toyota executive.(Special Report)(Interview)
Automotive News
; Byline: Mark Rechtin Bill Reinert is the type of guy who tells Charlize Theron she can't smoke in his car. Consider that this wasn't any ordinary car. It was a $3 million prototype Toyota Kluger hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Then again, Reinert was chauffeuring Theron to the 2004 Academy Awards,
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A brilliant Moon eclipsed by a rock-star lifestyle
The Boston Globe
; MOON The Life and Death of a Rock Legend By Tony Fletcher Spike/Avon, 608 pp., illustrated, $30 On Sept. 6, 1978, the last night of his life, Keith Moon went to a London party hosted by Paul McCartney, celebrating the movie "The Buddy Holly Story." Moon snorted a bit of cocaine beforehand, but
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