Astronaut Special (Repeat)

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode from 2017, Brian Cox and Robin Ince transport the cage to the Starmus Festival in Trondheim, Norway, for an extraordinary gathering of astronauts. They are joined on stage by NASA astronauts Sandra Magnus and Terry Virts, ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier, and Apollo 16's Charlie Duke, one of the last people to have walked on the moon. They talk about their personal journeys to fulfill their long-held dreams, and literally reach for the stars. They hear from Charlie Duke about the extraordinary Apollo missions he was part of, including his role as Capsule Communicator for the very first moon landing, before taking his own first steps on the lunar surface as part of Apollo 16. They explore the different experience of astronauts from Charlie's era, and those who now become residents of space, spending months and months aboard the International Space Station, and the challenges each mission brings. And Claude Nicollier describes his epic spacewalk to repair the Hubble Telescope. Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hopefully you've enjoyed our Apollo 11 Special from Coco Beach,
0:08.0	but that is not the only time that we've done an astronaut special
0:11.0	on the Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:13.0	This is an episode first published in July 2017 from Starmus,
0:17.0	Big Festival in Trondheim, where we interviewed many astronauts
0:20.0	including Charlie Duke, who was Capcom on Apollo 11.
0:24.0	The voice you hear when he said, do you remember?
0:26.0	When he says, you've got a bunch of guys turning blue here.
0:29.0	Like that, Charlie Duke. And also he was on the moon on Apollo 16.
0:33.0	And he also did Olympic sports on the moon until Houston said,
0:37.0	can you stop that? You may well be damaging the equipment
0:39.0	and not returning to Earth if you're not careful.
0:41.0	So if you want to find out about that, listen to this episode.
0:43.0	I hope you enjoy it.
0:44.0	Hello, I'm Robin Inz.
0:46.0	I'm Brian Cox, and we are in Trondheim for a very special edition
0:49.0	of the Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:50.0	Normally on Monkey Cage, Brian believes he has kind of parity
0:54.0	with the guests. You know, he's done similar research
0:57.0	or has the similar breadth of scientific knowledge.
1:00.0	But not today, because despite some of the heights that Brian has been to,
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