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Why NASA is offering $2.6 billion to companies who can get the US back to the moon

The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this undated NASA handout photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. December 13, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the last manned lunar trip. Photo obtained by Reuters December 13, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - TM3E8CD1J9601

Time to go back? Image: REUTERS/NASA/Handout

Dave Mosher
Science and Technology Correspondent, Business Insider
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