What Next: The Race (Back) to the Moon

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 24 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. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
0:08.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers. We were liars. New series, watch now, only on
0:28.9	Prime Video.
0:34.6	We can all call up that important date in history when the astronauts of Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon, right?
0:43.7	Contact right.
0:45.7	It was July 20, 1969.
0:48.8	Neil Armstrong took those famous first steps.
0:53.0	Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.
0:56.3	Roger Twink. Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn
1:01.4	blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.
1:04.7	The last steps were just a few years later.
1:08.0	The last time a human set foot on the moon was 1972. It was the last of the
1:13.9	Apollo missions. And at the time, there was great hope for the space program.
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