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The Far Side Of The Moon: Inside The Artemis Missions To Return
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The Far Side Of The Moon: Inside The Artemis Missions To Return

45 MIN · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]
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For decades the Moon was treated as a dead, dry rock, until orbiter data and the Artemis program upended that view. This film traces the shift from Cold War-era lunar tracking at Jodrell Bank to modern findings about the Moon's violent geological origins and the discovery of billions of tons of water ice locked in its craters. It follows how that water is shaping Artemis mission planning, goes inside ESA's astronaut training facilities where crews prepare for extended lunar stays, and examines engineering work turning toxic lunar regolith into concrete-hard building material for permanent structures. The narration frames the far side's geology and the water reserves as the reasons this return trip differs from Apollo: this time the plan is to stay rather than visit. Archival Cold War material sits alongside present-day space agency footage and interviews, tracking a fifty-year gap between the last crewed landing and the current push back to the surface.