Bonus: We’re Going to the Moon, Again
NASA launches Artemis II, the first crewed flight to the Moon in over 50 years
Episode Notes
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Moon. They muse poetically about space exploration, ask what NASA has been doing all this time, and discuss the benefits to humanity of such expensive missions.
William Harwood for CBS News: NASA to launch Artemis II crew on flight around the moon this week. Here’s everything to know about the mission.
Emily A. Margolis for The Conversation: Artemis II’s long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon
Bernd Debusmann Jr. for BBC: Trump sees ‘America First’ opportunity in NASA mission to Moon
Thomas Black for Bloomberg (Opinion): Is NASA’s Moon Mission the End for Legacy Space Firms?
NASA: Artemis
George Dvorsky for Gizmodo: Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon
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Podcast production by Nina Porzucki
Research by Emily Ditto
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