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Explore the politics of why the United States decided to send humans to the Moon—and why the nation pulled back after landing only six times. Hosted by Casey Dreier, the Chief Advocate and Senior Space Policy Adviser at The Planetary Society, this special edition podcast features some of the world’s leading space policy experts and historians in interviews initially broadcast as part of the monthly show, Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition. Together these interviews, along with new opening ...
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In the final episode, producer Mat Kaplan joins Casey to reflect on the lessons and legacy of Apollo. Was it a burden on the space program or a gift for future generations? What can we take away from this single data point of humans walking on another world? And what should we be wary of? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omn…
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Episode 4 - Why it Ended (With John Logsdon)
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After more than a decade's worth of work and billions of dollars spent, the United States could send humans to the surface of the Moon whenever it wanted. But after landing only six times, the country just walked away, closing down production lines, laying off tens of thousands of workers, and committing humans to low-Earth orbit seemingly indefini…
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Episode 3 - The Home Front (with Emily Margolis)
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In 1964, 40% of the public did not approve of Project Apollo, and more than 50% did not think the moon shot was "worth the cost" throughout the 1960s. Kennedy himself questioned the commitment and considered cooperating—instead of competing—with the Soviet Union in space. At the same time, there was an explosion of space-related pop culture and cit…
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Episode 2 - The Soviet Moonshot (with Asif Siddiqi)
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The Soviet space program launched the first artificial satellite, the first man, and the first woman into space. Soviet cosmonauts performed the first spacewalk and piloted the first two-person spacecraft. But it was the United States that placed the first humans on the surface of the Moon. What happened? Hear additional episodes and learn more her…
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Episode 1 - How it happened (with Roger Launius)
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When President Kennedy announced Project Apollo, the United States was locked in a global ideological conflict with the Soviet Union. But how did the idea of a Moon shot come to be the answer to a political problem? And why did it happen when it did? Dr. Roger Launius, former Chief Historian of NASA and currently the Principal at Launius Historical…
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This week on Weeb Speak we talk about a little bit of news concerning some of our favorite nerdy subjects. We talk about the new Han Solo movie a bit, about how it's being marketed, and how that's different from previous movies in the Star Wars franchise. We talk about the impending PC port for Final Fantasy 15 and it's recently released benchmarki…
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In this episode, we dive deep into both the old and the new. We talk extensively about yesteryears horror anime darling School Live! and this year's mecha favorite Darling in the Franxx. Oh, and Ryu rants about Xenoblade Chronicles 2By John Launius and Lucas Jordan
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