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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Andy Chaikin on Apollo 15 and the lessons of Apollo

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Science, Technology

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Space historian and author of A Man on the Moon Andy Chaikin returns as we celebrate Apollo 15’s 50th anniversary.

Transcript

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 15 with Andy Chacon this week on

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Planetary Radio.

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Welcome, I'm At Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure

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across our solar system and beyond. You are moments away from one of those

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classic conversations that makes me so glad we bring you this show.

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Andy Chacon and I will talk about so much more than Apollo 15.

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The author of A Man on the Moon has been thinking about the lessons Apollo can share with

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the Artemis generation, about the beauty and importance of the moon, about how astronauts

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have evolved over the decades, and about how difficult it will be to put humans on Mars,

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but how important that goal remains.

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We'll follow that act with another visit by the Planetary Society's Chief Scientist,

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Bruce Bats.

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Want to thank us for bringing you all this interplanetary goodness without commercials?

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Leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts.

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Shouldn't we be sending a robot to Saturn's moon and celadus? Of course we should.

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I mean, just look at it, which is something you can do in the July 23rd edition

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of the downlink, our free weekly newsletter.

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You can also see China's Zerong Mars rover making a visit to its own backshell and parachute

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on the plains of Mars.

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These and much more are at planetary.org slash downlink, which is also where you can read about

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the second anniversary of our light sale to unfurling its sales.

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And did you know that you can sign up for my monthly newsletter?

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