Name: Could We Live on the Moon? - 42: The Answer to Almost Everything
Uploaded: 2021-10-18T20:51:41.000+02:00
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Description: The new space race has begun. Scientists want to know how humans can carve out a life on the moon. Could humans live there permanently? And who does the moon belong to?

42, la réponse à presque tout

42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles

Could We Live on the Moon?

¿Viviremos algún día en la Luna?

Czy możemy zamieszkać na Księżycu?

E se abitassimo sulla luna?

The new space race has begun. Scientists want to know how humans can carve out a life on the moon. Could humans live there permanently? And who does the moon belong to?

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42 – The Answer to Nearly Everything

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