33:T528,In the next two or three years America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA - plans to send a mission into space that will land people on the moon for the first time in over a half a century.The mission has already been pushed back and is widely expected to be delayed again.But America is not alone. Both China and India also have ambitions to land people on the lunar surface.Who is next to walk on the moon is driven by geopolitics and a desire to harness the moon’s resources. Different countries, and even the private companies involved, all have different agendas. Who gets there first may even determine the political ideology of any future permanent human settlement. Contributors: Oliver Morton, Senior Editor at The Economist and author of The Moon, A History for the Future Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica Christopher Newman, Professor of space law and policy at Northumbria University Namrata Goswami, Professor at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State UniversityPresenter: Tanya Beckett Producer: Louise Clarke Journalism Researcher: Matt Toulson Editor: Tara McDermott Technical Producer: Richard Hannaford Production Coordinator: Liam MorreyImage: U.S. Flag On The Moon by Encyclopaedia Britannica via Getty Images Credit: NASA Youtube Channel34:T4b5,

The Apollo program put humans on the Moon, but behind that historic achievement were engineers whose stories have gone largely untold. In this episode, “LA Made: The Other Moonshot” host Joanne Higgins joins Planetary Radio to share the powerful history of Charlie Cheatham, Nate LeVert, and Shelby Jacobs, three Black engineers in Los Angeles who helped make Apollo possible while navigating racism and exclusion. We discuss how their technical brilliance shaped the space program, why their stories were left out of the history books, and how telling them now can help create a more equitable space community for the future.

Plus, Casey Dreier checks in from Washington, D.C., during The Planetary Society’s Day of Action, where advocates from across the U.S. gathered to support NASA science. And in What’s Up, Bruce Betts and Sarah explore the Apollo-era technologies still in use today.

Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2025-the-other-moonshot

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35:T47a,Four humans left Earth for the Moon. The first in 53 years.We named the program after Apollo's twin sister. Not the god of reason or science. The god of wild places. Of everything that lies just beyond the edge of what we know.That choice wasn't accidental.Apollo took us there and brought us back. Artemis is asking a different question. Not can we go. But what happens to us when we decide to stay.Every civilization that has ever looked up has built a mythology around what they saw. We are the first to go there. And we still don't fully understand why we need to.Maybe that's the most human thing about it.🎧 This episode is about what it really means to reach beyond Earth — and what we're actually looking for when we do.🖤 Share this with someone who still has their eyes on the sky.#Artemis #ArtemisII #Moon #NASA #Space #Aperture #SciencePodcast #Philosophy #HumanNature #SpaceExploration #BigIdeasStay connected with Aperture:Website: https://aperture.gg/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureScienceInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theapertureyt/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheApertureYTMerch: https://aperture.gg/merch

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