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Protecting human heritage on the moon: Don't let 'one small step' become one giant mistake

  • Written by Michelle Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
Protecting human heritage on the moon: Don't let 'one small step' become one giant mistakeNeil Armstrong took this photograph of Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the moon.NASA

Why did the hominin cross the plain? We may never know. But anthropologists are pretty sure that a smattering of bare footprints preserved in volcanic ash in Laetoli, Tanzania bear witness to an evolutionary milestone. These small steps,...

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