Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,

check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

This is Rice University Football Stadium in Houston, the very place in 1962 that President

John F. Kennedy chose to make his famous speech, rallying a nation to the great challenge of

landing people on the surface of the moon

before the end of the decade.

I can imagine the electric atmosphere here that day, under the searing Texas sunshine, with the stands

towering above me, packed with 40,000 expectant Americans and the young president, where

I am standing now on the 50-yard line at his podium on this field.

And this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space.

We mean to be a part of it. We mean to lead it.

We set sail on this new scene. That speech set the world on course for the greatest feat of exploration in the history of our species.

So for the last podcast in our series, we thought Rice University was the perfect place

to bring together a panel of people who've all played their part in the boldest adventure of all time.

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