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    Britons refute Apollo 11 Moon landings, survey reveals

    25 per cent of the British public refuse to believe man has walked on the moon, a survey conducted on behalf of E&T magazine has revealed.

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    Collaboration key to public sector Green IT targets

    Public sector organisations need increased levels of information, awareness, and an improvement in how they share knowledge with and learn from other public sector agencies, if they are to meet carbon reduction targets imposed by Central Government, says a study by environmental charity Global Action Plan, and Cisco.

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Buzz Aldrin

Out of this world

Apollo 11 was one of the great voyages of exploration of the 20th century. It was also one of the greatest collaborative feats of engineering coordination. E&T speaks with Buzz Aldrin about how the project got off the ground.


Smart Apollo: in praise of the Guidance Computer

The Apollo Guidance Computer was more capable than the myth would suggest. E&T pays tribute to the hard-wired hardware that flew Apollo 11 to the moon 40 years ago.

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