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Why Is The World Rushing Back To The Moon?

2024-04-18 Education
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Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop The Moon has been one of the most important theoretical stepping stones to our understanding of the universe. We’ve long understood that it could also be our literal stepping stone: humanity’s first destination beyond our atmosphere. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Search the Entire Space Time Library Here: https://search.pbsspacetime.com/ Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini & Stephanie Faria Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Associate Producer: Bahar Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Spacetime is a production of Kornhaber Brown for PBS Digital Studios. This program is produced by Kornhaber Brown, which is solely responsible for its content. © 2024 PBS. All rights reserved. End Credits Music by J.R.S. Schattenberg: https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiDroideka Space Time Was Made Possible In Part By: Big Bang Sponsors First Principles Foundation John Sronce Bryce Fort Peter Barrett David Neumann Alexander Tamas Morgan Hough Juan Benet Vinnie Falco Mark Rosenthal Quasar Sponsors Grace Biaelcki Glenn Sugden Ethan Cohen Stephen Wilcox J. Tyacke Mark Heising Hypernova Sponsors Michael Tidwell Frank Plessers Chris Webb David Giltinan Ivari Tölp Kenneth See Gregory Forfa Alex Kern Bradley Voorhees Scott Gorlick Paul Stehr-Green Ben Delo Scott Gray Антон Кочков Robert Ilardi John R. Slavik Donal Botkin Edmund Fokschaner Chuck Zegar Jordan Young Daniel Muzquiz Gamma Ray Burst Sponsors Christopher Wade Anthony Crossland Grace Seraph Stephen Saslow Robert DeChellis Tomaz Lovsin Anthony Leon Leonardo Schulthais Senna Lori Ferris Dennis Van Hoof Koen Wilde Nicolas Katsantonis Joe Pavlovic Justin Lloyd Chuck Lukaszewski Cole B Combs Andrea Galvagni Jerry Thomas Nikhil Sharma John Anderson Bradley Ulis Craig Falls Kane Holbrook Ross Story teng guo Harsh Khandhadia Michael Lev Terje Vold James Trimmier Jeremy Soller Paul Wood Joe Moreira Kent Durham jim bartosh Ramon Nogueira John H. Austin, Jr. Diana S Poljar Faraz Khan Almog Cohen Daniel Jennings Russ Creech Jeremy Reed David Johnston Michael Barton Isaac Suttell Oliver Flanagan Bleys Goodson Mark Delagasse Mark Daniel Cohen Shane Calimlim Tybie Fitzhugh Eric Kiebler Craig Stonaha Frederic Simon John Robinson Jim Hudson Alex Gan John Funai Adrien Molyneux Bradley Jenkins Amy Hickman Vlad Shipulin Thomas Dougherty King Zeckendorff Dan Warren Joseph Salomone Patrick Sutton Julien Dubois

Top Comments (10)

@NeonVisual 2024-04-18

Because we're running low on cheese.

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@DanielSolis 2024-04-19

"Okay, boss. We finished building your lunar base!" "Why is it shaped like that?" "You wanted a **checks notes** crude lunar base." "I wanted a CREWED lunar base."

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@markmuller7962 2024-04-18

"We could only pretend that we are the center of the universe for so long when we can literally see the detailed surface of another world with naked eyes" *quote of the decade*

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@luayuahmed 2024-04-18

I think Mars is interesting from a scientific perspective, but from an engineering perspective for a society who is looking to expand beyond Earth, the Moon is the easiest way to develop technology and procedures for continued expansion.

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@christopherbrand5360 2024-04-18

I kept hearing 'crewed' as 'crude' and thought that was a pretty bold comment on the sophistication of those missions

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@O.M.G.Puppies 2024-04-19

China was not the first unmanned probe to return rock samples. The Soviets did it with Luna-16 and 20 returned rocks,. and Luna-24 drilled and returned a two-meter core sample.

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@catchphase 2024-04-19

I love the book, Artemis, written by Andy Weir. At the end of this century, we've colonised the moon and discovered rich aluminium oxide deposits. Andy Weir is the one that wrote The Martian, and Artemis is definitely as worthy of a read.

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@whophd 2024-04-18

“that PARTICULAR Cold War” 😬

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@CH-mp8eu 2024-04-19

Excellent! Finally, and episode I understood from start to finish!

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@lrwerewolf 2024-04-23

That dead glare and pregnant pause at 3:46 as he sits there wanting to go off on a certain group of morons then decides better of it made me laugh so hard.

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