The Race (Back) to the Moon
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The first steps on the moon were in the name of “all mankind.” But with more countries—and the private sector—competing to not only return, but to tap into the moon’s resources, we’re going to need some ground rules.
Guest: Chris Davenport reports on NASA and the space industry at the Washington Post.
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| 0:25.8 | Ember Technologies seized the moment. We can all call up that important date in history when the astronauts of Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon, right? |
| 0:44.0 | It was July 20th, 1969. |
| 0:50.0 | Neil Armstrong took those famous first steps. |
| 0:54.0 | Tranquility base here. |
| 0:56.0 | The eagle has landed. |
| 0:58.0 | Roger Twanquility, we copy you on the ground. |
| 1:01.0 | You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot. |
| 1:06.5 | The last steps were just a few years later. The last time a human set foot on the moon was |
| 1:11.6 | 1972. It was the last of the Apollo missions and you know at |
| 1:18.7 | the time there was great hope for the space program. |
| 1:22.6 | Christian Davenport is a reporter for the Washington Post |
| 1:27.6 | covering NASA and space. |
| 1:29.4 | He reminds us that sending humans to the moon was a huge national goal and pledge of |
| 1:34.5 | President Kennedy's. It took effort and resources and we did it and we beat the |
| 1:40.0 | Soviet Union there. It was a Cold War space race after all. Then we sent astronauts |
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