The Lunar Land, Part 1

Curious Cases

BBC

Science

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A double episode to mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, and the first humans to walk on the Moon in 1969.

Harley Day emailed curiouscases@bbc.co.uk to ask “Why do we only have one Moon and what would life on Earth be like if we had more? I'll be over the moon if you can help me solve this mystery.”

In this first episode, Hannah and Adam look at how the Moon was formed and why we only have one. Featuring Maggie Aderin-Pocock space scientist and author of 'The Book of the Moon' and cosmic mineralogist Sara Russell from the Natural History Museum.

Presenters: Adam Rutherford, Hannah Fry Producer: Michelle Martin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	MUSIC
0:10.6	I'm Dr Adam Rutherford.
0:12.2	And I'm Dr Hannah Fry.
0:13.6	And you are going to send us your everyday mysteries.
0:16.4	And we are going to investigate them.
0:18.4	Using the power of...
0:19.8	Science!
0:20.6	Science!
0:21.2	Science!
0:22.2	I like it.
0:26.2	Hello, everyone. We've got a mega special double bill coming up.
0:29.8	This is the first episode.
0:31.2	Last week with the instrument special, we've promised you rock.
0:34.2	And today we are bringing you rock.
0:36.9	Actual physical rock as well.
0:39.1	That's coming up.
0:40.4	You know, we promise we commit and we deliver.
0:43.3	We do, we do.
0:44.4	Hannah actually goes down and handles some rocks later on.
0:47.9	They are moon rocks.
0:48.8	They are moon rocks because this is a double episode.
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