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2019 was a year of big anniversaries of great voyages. It was 50 years since the moon landing, 25...

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13.00 28 Dec 2019


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13.00 28 Dec 2019


2019 was a year of big anniversaries of great voyages. It was 50 years since the moon landing, 250 years since Captain Cook's first voyage and 500 years since Magellan began the first ever expedition to circumnavigate the globe.

New research has shown that using GPS may be withering our brains. So do we really need it?

The greatest voyages on the planet were charted by the stars and the seas.

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On this week’s Futureproof we look at sea and space missions gone by. It’s a navigation special on futureproof


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Captain Cook David Barrie Lara Dungan Moon Landing Oliver Morton Shane Bergin Transit Of Venus Vanessa Collingridge

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