Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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And you thought dealing with Pluto as a planet was tough.

There is an enduring debate over capitalizing the M for Earth’s Moon. Some organizations, like NASA, have it capitalized in their style guide. However, the Associated Press (AP), considered a gold standard for guidelines in print journalism, downgrades our celestial next door neighbor to a small m.

Earth’s Moon and cislunar space looms large in our future.
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Will this brew-ha over editorial rules ever be resolved…for good?

Key individuals make the case for upper case or lower.

Go to my new Space.com story at:

A capital debate: Should Earth’s natural satellite be ‘Moon’ or ‘moon’?

How should we write the name of Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor?

https://www.space.com/moon-name-controversy-capital-letter.html