Double Astronaut Special: Returning to the Moon
The Supermassive Podcast
Izzie Clarke
4.6 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
From the archive, Richard speaks to NASA astronaut Gene Cernan about Apollo 17 and being the last man on the Moon. ESA Astronaut Matthias Maurer talks about the upcoming Artemis missions which will see humans (hopefully, Matthias himself) return to our rocky neighbour. Plus, Robert Massey is on hand to answer your questions and share his stargazing tips for the month.
Read the full interview with the Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, and find out more about Artemis in our book, The Year In Space.
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| 0:00.0 | I think the astronaut alarm is going into overdrive. |
| 0:04.9 | Could you have a cheese with lunar soil right around the outside? |
| 0:07.7 | Just going to the moon and picking up a rock was not going to be good enough. |
| 0:10.7 | We had to accomplish and come back with some answers. |
| 0:16.5 | Hello, welcome to the Supermassive podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society with me, |
| 0:22.2 | science journalist, Izzy Clark and astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smithurst. |
| 0:26.7 | This month, we're heading back to our rocky neighbour the moon. |
| 0:30.3 | Well, we aren't, Izzy. |
| 0:31.7 | Are we? |
| 0:32.0 | At least, I don't have any plans to leave the planet in the near future. |
| 0:34.8 | Well, actually, I'm going in 10 minutes. |
| 0:37.3 | Oh, gosh. |
| 0:38.8 | Also, we're recording this on the morning of the successful launch of Artemis I. |
| 0:45.1 | Like, did we plan this? |
| 0:46.9 | I mean, I say we, this is behind the seeds info for everyone listening. |
| 0:49.6 | I don't plan anything. |
| 0:50.8 | I turn up when I'm told to. |
| 0:52.1 | But Izzy, did you plan this? I also, |
| 0:55.6 | I got my people to speak to NASA people, you know. My team is very extensive, obviously. |
| 1:02.8 | You have some influence, don't you? Anyway, so we aren't returning to the moon, but space agencies |
| 1:09.1 | are. Why are they planning to return? |
| 1:12.1 | When are we going? |
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