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Tue. 06/28 - The Return of the Moon Age

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

NASA’s Artemis mission returning us to the moon has officially begun… sort of. Here’s everything you need to know about today’s first step towards establishing a base in lunar orbit. Plus, why do so many of us love logging the books we read and movies we watch on tracking apps, and at what cost? Sponsors: Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at shopify.com/cool I Am Bio, Subscribe at bio.org/podcast Links: The Capstone Launch Will Kick Off NASA's Artemis Moon Program (Wired) NASA's planning a moon base in space for astronauts. Today is the first major step. (Mashable) A tiny NASA spacecraft launches to test out a new orbit around the Moon (The Verge) ‘It’s dopamine’: why we love to track our watching and reading habits (The Guardian) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?

0:07.4

Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.

0:13.8

Silly bookers?

0:14.8

Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.

0:17.1

Stop booking around and visit on the beach.com.

0:22.2

Conditions apply.

0:26.4

Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.

0:29.7

On the beach.

0:55.1

It's Tuesday, June 28th, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. NASA's Artemis mission returning us to the moon has officially begun, sort of. Here is everything you need to know about today's first step towards establishing a base in lunar orbit.

1:01.5

Plus, why do so many of us love logging the books we read and the movies we watch on tracking apps and at what cost?

1:05.3

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

1:10.9

Early this morning in New Zealand, a small rocket launched into space,

1:16.4

humbly kicking off the much-hyped NASA Artemis mission that plans to return humans to

1:22.1

the moon by 2025.

1:24.6

The electron rocket from private company Rocket Lab is the smallest rocket to ever set sail for the moon,

1:31.7

and the probe on top that will perform the key work here is no bigger than a microwave.

1:37.9

Called the SISL lunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment,

1:44.1

or Capstone, the spacecraft is on a

1:47.3

four-month-long journey to a unique orbit around the moon, one which NASA hopes will one day

1:53.1

serve as the home orbit for a permanent moon base. The base, to be called Gateway, will be something

2:00.3

like the International Space Station, orbiting

2:02.7

around the moon and serving as a midway point between it and the Earth.

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