{"id":104269,"date":"2020-03-25T16:43:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T23:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/six-reasons-why-humans-should-return-to-the-moon"},"modified":"2020-03-25T16:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T23:43:30","slug":"six-reasons-why-humans-should-return-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/six-reasons-why-humans-should-return-to-the-moon","title":{"rendered":"Six Reasons Why Humans Should Return to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ja0euppwnGc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some prime examples of how humanity\u2019s expected return to the lunar surface in the years to come could help life here on Earth.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>\u201cThat\u2019s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This July 20th marks fifty years since Neil Armstrong, mission commander of NASA\u2019s <i>Apollo<\/i> 11, uttered those famous words. Much less discussed is how Project <i>Apollo<\/i> shifted lunar science into high gear, ultimately teaching scientists just how valuable the Moon could become.<\/p>\n<p>During the six missions that landed humans on the lunar surface from 1969 to 1972, <i>Apollo<\/i> astronauts collected some 842 pounds of lunar rocks and dirt. Analysis of these materials has provided us with major clues about the origin of Earth\u2019s celestial companion 4.51 billion years ago, but also has revealed the Moon is a treasure trove. Lunar rock contains a plethora of minerals with high industrial value. So let\u2019s take a look at some prime examples of how humanity\u2019s expected return to the lunar surface in the years to come could help life here on Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some prime examples of how humanity\u2019s expected return to the lunar surface in the years to come could help life here on Earth. \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.\u201d This July 20th marks fifty years since Neil Armstrong, mission commander of NASA\u2019s Apollo 11, uttered those famous words. Much less [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":554,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}