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Returning to the Moon: The Apollo 14 Mission
In the wake of the disastrous Apollo 13, the revolutionary space program that had landed humans on the Moon was under threat of cancellation. To the politicians, the program’s high costs outweighed the potential for further scientific study. To the public, the Space Race had been won, and any further trips to the Moon seemed a mere postscript to Apollo 11’s triumph. To guarantee the program’s survival, Apollo 14 would not only have to be an unambiguous success, its scientific discoveries woul...
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