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The next logical step in the exploration of space beyond the Earth as we go farther and farther away, after having conquered Sphere +1 once and for all, is to head for the Moon. Indeed, Jules Verne even skipped the intermediate stage and went directly to the Moon in 1865 with one of his best books, From the Earth to the Moon.
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Bignami, G.F. (2015). Sphere +2 (or the Moon). In: The Mystery of the Seven Spheres. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17004-6_6
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