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India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first (www.theguardian.com)
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India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon.

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[–] Skua@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

Congratulations India! I had never considered that the moon's poles would be good for solar energy. My brain was stuck in the thinking of Earth's poles, but of course the moon doesn't have an atmosphere to get in the way of the light and make the poles colder and darker