Space Policy Edition: Operation Moonglow and the Global Impact of Apollo
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
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🗓️ 4 December 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Apollo was seen as a triumph of, not for, all mankind, argues Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, author of the new book Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Apollo. She joins the show to talk about how this was not an accident, but the outcome of a carefully managed public relations campaign by the United States to promote its interests abroad. Discover more here. https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/1202-2020-spe-teasel-muir-harmony
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| 0:00.0 | Happy December everyone and welcome to the December |
| 0:18.0 | Space Policy Edition of Planetary Radio. I'm Matt Kaplan the host host of the show, the weekly show, more so. I am lucky enough |
| 0:26.8 | every month to co-host with Casey, this Space Policy Edition. Casey Dreyer is out there. He is the senior space policy advisor and chief advocate for the planetary society. |
| 0:38.2 | Welcome Casey. |
| 0:39.3 | Hey Matt, always happy to do another one of these. They're starting to pile up. |
| 0:43.5 | We've done a few. |
| 0:44.7 | I guess because you have this wonderful interview |
| 0:49.1 | that goes a bit that we're going to forego talking about the current politics. |
| 0:55.0 | You know what, we're not going to forego it. |
| 0:56.6 | We're going to just forgive. |
| 0:58.6 | We're just not. |
| 0:59.6 | Let's just take a break, let's just take a break, not talk US politics. We'll talk about US politics |
| 1:04.0 | and international politics from about 50 years ago, 60 years ago. |
| 1:07.0 | Yeah, I was going to say we're going to back it up five decades. |
| 1:09.6 | Yes, to a simpler time. |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah, no, we have a great guest, Dr. Teasil Muir Harmony. |
| 1:17.0 | She is a space historian, works in the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian Institution, |
| 1:22.0 | and is also the author of a brand new book on the international outreach aspect of Apollo called Operation |
| 1:29.3 | Moonglow, a political history of Apollo, really insightful, nice complimentary version, you know, or story to tell beyond the what happened in the US. |
| 1:37.2 | This is what happens outside the US and how the international community engaged with this great feat of exploration. |
| 1:44.0 | I got to meet Teasl at the National Air and Space Museum once I was out there |
| 1:49.2 | interviewing her boss Ellen Stofin who right now is chairing the transition group that is looking at |
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