[HN Gopher] Opening a 50-year-old Christmas present from the Moon
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       Opening a 50-year-old Christmas present from the Moon
        
       Author : TangerineDream
       Score  : 63 points
       Date   : 2021-12-18 12:20 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.esa.int)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.esa.int)
        
       | harywilke wrote:
       | The Apollo missions continue giving 50years on. Another ongoing
       | experiment is the Lunar Laser Ranging experiment
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment
        
       | rhtgrg wrote:
       | I couldn't find anything remotely to do with Christmas in this
       | article. Did I miss something?
        
         | FPGAhacker wrote:
         | It's an allusion to the time of the year.
        
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       | magneticnorth wrote:
       | This is fascinating, but the article is just about how they're
       | going to open this soil sample "soon". When? I'm interested to
       | hear about what they actually learn.
        
       | FredPret wrote:
       | This is truly inspiring. What a gift to be alive in the modern
       | age
        
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