Summary
One hundred years ago, Scott reached the South Pole.
Fifty years later, the first geologist briefly walked on the moon.
Kevin Fong asks if why we might want to return to the lunar surface and what will get us.
He talks to that first lunar geologist of Apollo 17, Harrison Schmitt and Nasa's Chief Administrator Charles Bolden, among others.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Rory Stewart and I grew up wanting to be a hero and I'm still fascinated by the ideas of heroism. |
| 0:08.9 | In my new series, I'm taking in the long sweep of history from Achilles to Zelensky and asking, what is a hero? |
| 0:16.2 | Simply doing your job, being a decent human being. |
| 0:20.0 | A true hero is someone who just kind of shines by their own light, |
| 0:23.9 | and that light is to be recognised by others. |
| 0:26.5 | The Long History of Heroism with me, Rory Stewart. |
| 0:29.5 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.6 | Thank you for downloading from the BBC. |
| 0:35.4 | For details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use, |
| 0:39.5 | go to BBCworldservice.com slash podcasts. |
| 0:46.9 | This year is both the 100th anniversary of explorer Robert Falcon Scott |
| 0:51.6 | reaching the South Pole and the 40th anniversary of the last Apollo |
| 0:56.0 | space mission that put astronauts on the moon. |
| 0:58.0 | P-minus 17, final guidance release. |
| 1:01.0 | We'll expect engine ignition at 8.9 seconds. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm Kevin Fong, and in Scott's legacy from the BBC, I'll investigate the case for going back to explore the moon |
| 1:12.3 | and asking if our Antarctic history shows the way. |
| 1:17.1 | Started, all Indians are started. |
| 1:19.4 | We choose to go to the moon. |
| 1:22.1 | We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. |
| 1:26.9 | Not because they are easy, but because they are hard. |
| 1:30.3 | You said you are a go for it. |
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