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When it comes to the Moon, we've only scratched the surface

April 11 · 30 min · 44.0 MB
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Last night, the Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission to space and a lunar flyby. The voyage, which included the first woman and a non-US citizen to take part in a lunar mission, is part of a program to place humans once again on the Moon by 2028, a return after 56 years apart.


But why do we bother? Where does this fascination come from?


Can the moon teach us something about ourselves? Is it a hunger for something different?


Tanjil Rashid is joined by Rebecca Boyle, science writer and author of Our Moon: A Human History.


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