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Today is the 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11<\/a> moon landings (thought by some to be a hoax<\/a>, and by others to be a fantastic scientific achievement on the part of mankind<\/a>). To celebrate this, Google has added some NASA imaging to Google Maps<\/a> and if you zoom in really close, you can really see what the moon is made of! The Google Moon FAQ<\/a> has more details of Google’s plans for expanding Internet search features beyond the boundaries of planet earth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings (thought by some to be a hoax, and by others to be a fantastic scientific achievement on the part of mankind). 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