The Infinite Moonkey Cage
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
A special hour long episode of the hugely popular science/comedy show, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landings. Recorded at Cocoa Beach, Florida just down the road from Cape Canaveral, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by some of the key players involved in landing the first people on the moon, on this day, 1969. Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart, Apollo flight director Gerry Griffin and Apollo children Jan and Andy Aldrin give their perspectives on arguably one of the greatest scientific and engineering achievements of all time. Keep listening for a very special guest appearance by Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes.
Presenters: Brian Cox and Robin Ince Producer Alexandra Feachem
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, I'm Robin Itz. |
| 0:05.8 | And I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:06.8 | Welcome to a special extended edition of the Infinite Moon Key Cage |
| 0:10.8 | because Radio 4 insists on a pun if it is available. |
| 0:14.0 | This is recorded on the 16th of July at Coco Beach, Florida. |
| 0:17.7 | Now, 50 years ago today, this beach, |
| 0:19.5 | just a few miles from Kennedy Space Centre, |
| 0:21.7 | was packed with thousands of people |
| 0:23.4 | as they watched Apollo 11 lift off on its journey to the moon. |
| 0:27.0 | Joining us to look back on the Apollo programme |
| 0:28.9 | and to discuss the meaning of Apollo 50 years on |
| 0:31.8 | for our future in space and indeed for our future here on Earth, |
| 0:35.5 | we have a distinguished panel and they are. |
| 0:38.4 | I'm Jerry Griffin. |
| 0:39.6 | I was a flight director on Apollo 11 |
| 0:42.3 | in Mission Control in Houston. |
| 0:44.6 | And at Tower Clear, when the base of the rocket |
| 0:48.9 | cleared at the top of the Yambilical Tower here at the Cape, |
| 0:52.6 | we assumed control in Houston. |
| 0:55.0 | But we were with them every minute here |
| 0:57.8 | during the countdown and exciting day. |
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