Big Picture Science - Are We Over the Moon?
When astronaut Gene
Cernan stepped off the moon in 1972, he didn’t think he’d be the last human
ever to touch its surface. But no one’s been back. Hear astronaut
Cernan’s reaction to being the last man on the moon, the reasons why President
Kennedy launched the Apollo program, and why Americans haven’t returned.
Now other countries –
and companies – are vying for a bigger piece of the space pie. Find out who –
or what – will be visiting and even profiting. Will the moon become an
important place to make money?
Plus, the moon landing
was a great step for “a man,” and “men not machines” make space history.
But what about women? More than a dozen were qualified for space flight
in the early 1960s. Hear from one of these original “Mercury 13,” and
find out why NASA grounded them.
Guests:
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