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13 Minutes to the Moon

13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’

13 Minutes to the Moon

BBC

Technology, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.89.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

History as it happened, explained. Kevin Fong guides us through the descent to the Moon from start to finish, using Capcom Charlie Duke’s communications loop, from NASA’s archive. And we hear memories and reflections on Apollo 11 from: Charlie Duke Poppy Northcutt John Aaron Jim Lovell Margaret Hamilton George Abbey Michael Collins Bill Carpentier Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music #13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

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0:00.0

What is love?

0:03.0

Is it chemistry, fate or a disaster waiting to happen?

0:07.0

Sometimes you mistake other things for love.

0:10.0

Join me, Ryland, on my new podcast as I ask experts and a few familiar faces what love really means.

0:16.3

Because it turns out it's a bit more complicated than happily ever after.

0:20.7

You should think of it as the daily commitment you make to someone that you care about.

0:25.2

Ryland, how to be in love. Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:32.5

We copy it down, Eagle.

0:39.2

Listen, uh, tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.

0:46.7

What we wanted to do when we set out to make this podcast was to look at the landing of Apollo 11 from a fresh angle.

0:54.0

And we found that in the final 13 minutes.

0:57.3

From the moment they lit their engine to begin their descent

1:00.3

to Armstrong's immortal words on the surface of a new world.

1:05.6

We wanted to take that audio, unpick and unravel every word,

1:09.9

every phrase, every pause and every silence to tell you the

1:13.6

stories behind the story.

1:20.0

So, descent to fuel, descent to fuel, correct.

1:21.0

So this is what we've been building up to in this episode and the next one, the 13 minutes in all its glory,

1:30.1

for you to listen to, hopefully with fresh ears and the added insight that comes from the

1:35.5

incredible cast of characters we've had the privilege to hear from.

1:39.9

We're going that, fly. We're going on that alarm. Roger, we got you. We're going that alarm.

1:44.4

If it doesn't occur, we'll be go.

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