What a former astronaut says TV gets right and wrong about space
Apple News In Conversation
Apple News
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🗓️ 16 November 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
What if the United States had lost the space race — and the Soviet Union had been the first to land a man on the moon? These are the driving questions behind the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind. The show explores the ripple effects of what coming in second could have meant for American culture, the feminist movement, geopolitics, and technology over several decades. And while fiction, it offers warnings about the future of space travel. On this week’s episode of Apple News In Conversation, host Shumita Basu talks to the show’s technical adviser and former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman about how he helps ground the series in science.
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| 0:00.0 | This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shemita Basso. Today, how a |
| 0:09.6 | former astronaut helps translate real space science into made-for-tv science fiction. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's a thought experiment. |
| 0:24.0 | What if in 1969, the United States had lost the space race? |
| 0:29.0 | What if we had to settle for second place because the Soviets got to the moon first. |
| 0:33.4 | Look around! |
| 0:35.0 | You want to cry about Apollo 15? |
| 0:37.8 | Let me tell you something. |
| 0:38.8 | There may not be an Apollo 12, much less 15. |
| 0:41.8 | What the hell you you talking about? |
| 0:44.0 | The country's in shock, Eddie. |
| 0:48.0 | Like Pearl Harbor Shock. |
| 0:50.0 | American people thought we had this thing in the bag, |
| 0:52.0 | then the Russians come along and snatch it away at the last minute. |
| 0:55.0 | What would that do to the American space program? |
| 0:58.0 | Our pride, our psyche. |
| 1:00.0 | They really might cancel everything after 11. |
| 1:05.0 | That's usually what happens when the race is over. |
| 1:07.6 | Winner collects their prize. |
| 1:09.7 | Loser goes home. |
| 1:11.7 | This is the central question behind the Apple TV Plus series for all |
| 1:15.9 | mankind that's now entering its fourth season. It gets into all these thought |
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