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Learn how Future You aims to inspire children's STEM curiosity. Join Program Ambassador Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, an award-winning astrophysicist renowned for making the universe accessible, as we explore how Future You helps kids imagine their future possibilities. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About Future You Future You, a UNSW Sydney-led initiative, sparks STEM curiosity in 8-12 year olds through free, engaging resources for students, teachers, and parents. Connecting real-world STEM skills with the Australian Curriculum, the program offers practical activities, diverse role models, and inspiring fiction to make STEM relevant and exciting. Future You empowers families to explore the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics together.Learn morehttps://futureyouaustralia.com.au/ WebinarEngaging Primary Students in STEM: Delving into the research Future You Resources Future You STEM Role Models aka, Pathfinders Future You Adventures in STEM (free stories about STEM careers and space travel) About Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, Program Ambassador. Lisa is an award-winning astrophysicist and author with a gift for making the universe accessible to all. With over 55 research papers and key roles in the development and operation of radio telescopes globally, her contributions to astronomy are many. Lisa’s passion for sharing knowledge extends beyond research. She’s a best-selling author and an engaging keynote speaker. Her books have received national and international acclaim, and she’s a familiar face from ABC’s Stargazing Live. Lisa has also hosted live events featuring Apollo Moon astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, and Charlie Duke, captivating audiences in sold-out theatres across the country. On top of all of that, she’s passionate about getting your students excited about the amazing and rewarding career possibilities within STEM. Learn morehttps://www.lisaharveysmith.com/ Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode? Share it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Learn how Future You aims to inspire children's STEM curiosity. Join Program Ambassador Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, an award-winning astrophysicist renowned for making the universe accessible as we explore Future You helps kids imagine their future possibilities. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education About Future You Future You, a UNSW Sydney-led initiative, sparks STEM curiosity in 8-12 year olds through free, engaging resources for students, teachers, and parents. Connecting real-world STEM skills with the Australian Curriculum, the program offers practical activities, diverse role models, and inspiring fiction to make STEM relevant and exciting. Future You empowers families to explore the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics together.Learn morehttps://futureyouaustralia.com.au/ About Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, Program Ambassador. Lisa is an award-winning astrophysicist and author with a gift for making the universe accessible to all. With over 55 research papers and key roles in the development and operation of radio telescopes globally, her contributions to astronomy are many. Lisa’s passion for sharing knowledge extends beyond research. She’s a best-selling author and an engaging keynote speaker. Her books have received national and international acclaim, and she’s a familiar face from ABC’s Stargazing Live. Lisa has also hosted live events featuring Apollo Moon astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, and Charlie Duke, captivating audiences in sold-out theatres across the country. On top of all of that, she’s passionate about getting your students excited about the amazing and rewarding career possibilities within STEM. Learn morehttps://www.lisaharveysmith.com/ Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/ Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode? Share it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Climb aboard The Supermassive Rocket, Izzie and Becky are (talking about) sending humans back to the moon. Joining them on their trip is European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer and Jacki Mahaffey, the Chief Training Officer for NASA's Artemis II mission. Plus, Dr Robert Massey, the Deputy Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, is there as well to answer your questions and share his top stargazing tips.For more supermassive astronaut episodes, here's our episode with Samantha Cristoforetti and another with Gene Cernan.Keep sending your questions to The Supermassive Podcast at podcast@ras.ac.uk or find us on Instagram, @Supermassive Pod.The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kris McCall, director of the Cernan Earth and Space Center in River Grove, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for John Williams, to talk about the center’s origins. Gene Cernan, who flew on Gemini 9 and Apollo 10, is the center’s namesake. It’s main feature is the planetarium, but it is open to the public and […]
Kris McCall, director of the Cernan Earth and Space Center in River Grove, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for John Williams, to talk about the center’s origins. Gene Cernan, who flew on Gemini 9 and Apollo 10, is the center’s namesake. It’s main feature is the planetarium, but it is open to the public and […]
Kris McCall, director of the Cernan Earth and Space Center in River Grove, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for John Williams, to talk about the center’s origins. Gene Cernan, who flew on Gemini 9 and Apollo 10, is the center’s namesake. It’s main feature is the planetarium, but it is open to the public and […]
Before interviewing Bryan, Rich and Jason honor the memory of Karan Conklin from the Space Walk of Fame Museum in Titusville, Florida. They also discuss the newly released Netflix Apollo 13 documentary and Rich's recent interview about coins flown in space. After that comes super space memorabilia collector Bryan Edwards from Minnesota. Bryan discusses his unique path into space collecting. Learn about his father rubbing elbows with NASA personnel in Houston and how growing up in Houston fueled his passion for collecting space memorabilia. They then discuss everything from autographs to flown heat-shield lucites. Downsizing a bit, Bryan is moving to North Carolina shortly and -- teaser! -- there won't be a garage sale. You will, however, hear some fun stories from the hey-day of the autograph shows, including a unique interaction with the Last Man to Walk on the Moon, Gene Cernan.
Today's episode is about the astronaut Gene Cernan. In the Slovak lesson, you will learn new words from my dialogue. You will also learn how to ask “I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!“ in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can find my dialogue about space and flying. Episode notesIn today's episode, I'm talking about the astronaut Gene Cernan. In the Slovak lesson, you are going to learn new words from my dialogue. You will also learn how to ask “I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!“ in Slovak. At the end of this episode, you can find a dialogue about space and flying. Slovak lesson1. lietanie (flying)2. lietadlo (a plane)3. tlak vzduchu (air pressure)4. rôzne plyny (various gases)5. dusík (nitrogen)6. kyslík (oxygen)7. oxid uhličitý (carbon dioxide)8. vesmír (universe)9. tajomstvo (secret)10. tajomstvá vesmíru (secrets of the universe)11. objavovanie (exploring)12. raketa (rocket)13. obežná dráha (orbit)14. mesiac (moon, also month)15. hviezda (star)16. galaxia (galaxy)17. Držím ti palce! (I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!)DIALOGUE:D: Hej, Miro, premýšľal si niekedy o tom, aké úžasné by bolo lietať?M: Áno, určite! Predstav si, vznášať sa po oblohe ako vták.D: Je šialené premýšľať o tom, ako môžu lietadlá lietať, však?M: No hej, sú také masívne a ťažké. Človek žasne, ako sa dokážu udržať vo vzduchu.D: Je to všetko vďaka princípom aerodynamiky. Vedel si, že krídla lietadla vytvárajú vztlak zmenou tlaku vzduchu okolo nich?M: Netušil som. To je skvelé! A keď už hovoríme o vzduchu, vedel si, že vzduch, ktorý dýchame, sa skladá z rôznych plynov?D: Áno, pamätám si, že som sa o tom učil na hodine fyziky. Dusík a kyslík tvoria väčšinu vzduchu, ktorý dýchame, no sú tu aj stopové plyny ako oxid uhličitý a hélium.M: Presne tak. Ale vieš, čo je ešte šialenejšie? Rakety vo vesmíre!D: Ach jaj! Vesmír a tajomstvá, ktoré ukrýva. S objavovaním vesmíru sme ešte vždy len na začiatku. M: No hej, vesmír je taký obrovský a zložitý. A tie miliardy hviezd a galaxií.D: Úžasné. Nedbal by som sa tam pozrieť. Vesmír ma jednoducho fascinuje.M: Tak sa staň astronautom. Potom ťa pošlú na obežnú dráhu okolo Zeme a možno aj na mesiac. D: Také jednoduché to zasa nie je. Ale za pokus to stojí. Už som poslal prihlášku na Technickú univerzitu v Bratislave.M: To je dobrý začiatok. Držím ti palce, aby ti všetko vyšlo tak, ako si želáš. Timestamps00:34 Introduction to the episode02:27 About astronaut Gene Cernan04:00 Fun fact 104:52 Fun fact 212:48 Slovak lesson18:37 Dialogue21:01 Dialogue with the English translation25:52 Final thoughtsIf you have any questions, send it to my email hello@bozenasslovak.com. Check my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bozenasslovak/ where I am posting the pictures of what I am talking about on my podcast. Also, check my website https://www.bozenasslovak.com © All copywrites reserved to Bozena O Hilko LLC
Kā 你 ê 3D 目鏡 提來，咱來看這張 tī 別个世界 ê 立體影像。這張是阿波羅 17 號任務 ê 指揮官 Eugene Cernan tī 1972 年 12 月 11 欲降落月球進前 踅月球一輾 ê 時陣，紀錄著 ê 相片。這組立體浮雕是 ùi 兩張相片 (AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466) 組合來--ê，是 伊 kah Harrison Schmitt 博士 tī 登月艙 挑戰號飛到上好地點翕--ê。遐是 阿波羅 17 號 ê 降落地點，Taurus-Littrow 山谷。這个面對日光、寬闊 ê 南 Massif 山就 ùi 相片 中央附近 peh 起來。倒爿是烏暗 ê Taurus-Littrow 山谷。Ron Evans 駛--ê 踅月球行 ê 美國號指揮艙，就 tī 南 Massif 山 ê 山尖 頭前。Tī 山脈後壁，月球邊緣彼搭，是月球 ê 寧靜海。2025 年 9 月以後，Artemis 2 號任務 會發射，伊按算欲載 4 个太空人踅月球冒險了後，才閣轉來地球。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê 文章： https://apod.tw/daily/20240117/ 影像：Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne 音樂：P!SCO - 鼎鼎 聲優：阿錕 翻譯：An-Li Tsai (NSYSU) 原文：https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240117.html Powered by Firstory Hosting
ASTRONAUTS: There’s a chunk there that we can get. That’s a big fragment within this crystalline rock. Take a picture of that…Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt were chipping samples from a large boulder. It was at the base of a cliff, in a region of the Moon known as Taurus-Littrow.ASTRONAUTS: They’re very reflective, elongated crystals. It’s relatively angular inclusions. It’s about half a meter in size, and it’s a square cross section.Scientists recently got the chance to study part of one of those chips for the first time. They found that it contained the oldest piece of the Moon yet seen — 4.46 billion years old. That’s 40 million years older than any other sample yet studied. It means that the Moon formed 40 million years earlier than suggested by earlier studies.The Moon probably formed in a “Big Whack.” A planet as big as Mars rammed into the young Earth, blasting molten rock into space. Much of that material came together to form the Moon.The Apollo 17 sample contained crystals that formed when the Moon cooled and solidified. Because it’s the oldest sample yet seen, it sets a minimum age for the Moon. It tells us that the Moon formed no more than 110 million years after the birth of the solar system — helping scientists time the Big Whack.The Moon is in the east at nightfall. Pollux and Castor, the twins of Gemini, stand above it. The brighter twin, Pollux, is closer to the Moon. Script by Damond Benningfield
As Cernan prepared to climb the ladder of the lunar module at the end of the final moonwalk, he paused to deliver the words, "We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all ...
This episode of the Networking Rx Minute with Frank Agin (http://frankagin.com) shares a rhetorical question that astronaut Gene Cernan posed to his grandchildren to remind them that they could achieve great things. For more great insight on professional relationships and business networking visit https://www.amspirit.com/blog/networking-rx or contact Frank Agin at frankagin@amspirit.com.
n today's episode we pick up the Gemini story with preparation for Gemini IX. That means that we have to talk about the tragic events surrounding the deaths of Elliot See and Charles Basset who were the first NASA astronauts to die in the line of duty. We'll also talk about how NASA and the Gemini program moved on past this tragedy and how the backup crew of Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan stepped up to See and Basset who had been the prime crew for Gemini IX. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Commander Reid Wiseman is an American astronaut, engineer, and naval aviator. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office until November 14, 2022. He was a member of the crew of Expedition 40/41, which launched to the International Space Station on May 28, 2014, and returned on November 10, 2014. Before joining NASA, Wiseman was a naval aviator and test pilot. Wiseman was the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office from June 2017, working under Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester. On December 18, 2020, he was promoted to Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA. Reid has been selected as commander of the crew for the Artemis 2 flight, which is planned to make a flyby of the Moon in 2024. He is the first commander of a lunar mission since Gene Cernan on Apollo 17 in 1972
Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt roved the lunar surface in search of geologically significant rocks.
Afghan Air Force members meet legendary astronauts Neil Armstrong, Gene Cernan and Jim Lovell at NATO Training Mission Afghanistan headquarters in Kabul. Anchor, Airman 1st Class Marshall Hunsaker. Produced by Staff Sgt. Holly Roberts. Includes sound bites from 2nd Lt. Safia Feruzi, Aviation Student, Afghan National Air Force and 2nd Lt. Ahmadzai Kassat, Aviation Student, Afghan National Air Force.
共你 ê 3D 目鏡提來看這張 月球 Taurus-Littrow 山谷 ê 立體相片。這張彩色立體相片 ê 前景是 阿波羅 17 號 月球探測車，後壁是登月小艇 kah 月球遠方 ê 山崙。因為彼馬 規世界攏 ùi 探測車 ê 電視 kha-mé-lah 看 登月小艇 起飛，所以這个 停車點 就叫做 VIP 點。50 冬前 ê 1972 年 12 月，阿波羅 17 號 ê 太空人 Eugene Cernan 佮 Harrison Schmitt tī 月球停 75 點鐘久，毋過 in ê 同事 Ronald Evans 是 tī 月球天頂踅月球咧行。 這寡太空人提 110 公斤 ê 岩石 kah 塗肉轉來，比 ùi 其他月球登陸點提轉來 ê 標本閣較濟。到今 Cernan 佮 Schmitt 猶是上尾兩个 tī 月球表面 leh 行 (抑是 leh 駛車) ê 人。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê 文章： https://apod.tw/daily/20221217/ 影像來源：Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA 立體浮雕：Erik van Meijgaarden 音樂：P!SCO - 鼎鼎 聲優：阿錕 翻譯：An-Li Tsai (NCU) 原文：https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221217.html Powered by Firstory Hosting
Kā 你 ê 3D 目鏡 提來，咱來看這張 tī 別个世界 ê 立體影像。50 冬前，阿波羅 17 號任務 ê 指揮官 Eugene Cernan tī 1972 年 12 月 11 欲降落月球進前踅月球一輾 ê 時陣，紀錄著 這張影像。這組立體浮雕是 ùi 兩張相片 (AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466) 組合來--ê，是 伊 kah Harrison Schmitt 博士 tī 登月艙 挑戰號飛到上好地點翕--ê。遐是 阿波羅 17 號 ê 降落地點，Taurus-Littrow 山谷。這个面對日光、寬闊 ê 南 Massif 山就 ùi 相片 中央附近 peh 起來。倒爿是烏暗 ê Taurus-Littrow 山谷。Ron Evans 駛--ê 踅月球行 ê 美國號指揮艙，就 tī 南 Massif 山 ê 山尖 頭前。Tī 山脈後壁，月球邊緣彼搭，是月球 ê 寧靜海。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê 文章： https://apod.tw/daily/20221210/ 影像來源：Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA 立體浮雕：Patrick Vantuyne 音樂：P!SCO - 鼎鼎 聲優：阿錕 翻譯：An-Li Tsai (NCU) 原文：https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221210.html Powered by Firstory Hosting
The holiday season is always special, but few were more special than Christmas Eve, 1968, when Apollo 8 orbited the moon, with the astronauts reading from the Book of Genesis. Apollo Flight Director Gerald D. "Gerry" Griffin joins us to recall that very special time, and we chat with retired Air Force Colonel Karlton Johnson about NORAD's tracking of Santa. Image credit: NASA Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guests: Gerald D. Griffin and Karlton Johnson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
The holiday season is always special, but few were more special than Christmas Eve, 1968, when Apollo 8 orbited the moon, with the astronauts reading from the Book of Genesis. Apollo Flight Director Gerald D. "Gerry" Griffin joins us to recall that very special time, and we chat with retired Air Force Colonel Karlton Johnson about NORAD's tracking of Santa. Image credit: NASA Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guests: Gerald D. Griffin and Karlton Johnson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
50 years ago today, the three Apollo 17 astronauts departed the Moon to return to Earth. It was the first time in human history that a scientist set foot on another world: geologist Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt. What lessons does this historic mission have to teach us in the coming years as humans finally return to the Moon with the Artemis program? RECORDED BY: Jantzen Carter REFERENCES: 'Apollo 17: Diary of the Twelfth Man' by Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt 'The Last Man on the Moon' by Eugene Cernan and Don Davis 'A Man on the Moon' by Andrew Chaikin MUSIC: "Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Our first foray beyond Earth came to an end 50 years ago today. After three days in the Taurus-Littrow valley, Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt headed to lunar orbit. They'd join crewmate Ron Evans for the long voyage home. At the time, it was clear that it would be a while before people returned to the Moon. But few expected it to take quite this long. NASA had planned three more Apollo missions. Each would aim at a challenging landing site with high scientific interest. But they were cancelled, either for budget reasons or to use the hardware for other projects. Over the following decades, NASA considered many ideas for follow-up missions. None of them ever took off. Today, though, the space agency says it's about ready to go back to the Moon with its Artemis program. It says astronauts could land on the Moon as early as 2025. But the program is way behind schedule and over budget. And one NASA review said 2025 isn't a realistic goal. Still, it seems likely that people will follow in the footsteps of Cernan, Schmitt, and the 10 other Apollo moonwalkers within the next few years. Shortly before he stepped off the Moon for the final time, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan had a few words for those future moonwalkers: CERNAN: And as we leave the Moon and Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return: with peace and hope for all mankind. Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory
While exploring the gray lunar landscape 50 years ago this week, the crew of Apollo 17 saw something amazing: SCHMITT: There is orange soil! It's all over! Orange! Fantastic, sports fans. CERNAN: How can there be orange soil on the Moon? Geologists wondered the same thing. So Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan brought some of it to Earth for study. Scientists found the orange came from beads of volcanic glass, probably blasted from a big eruption more than 3.6 billion years ago. In 2011, scientists looked at the samples again, using tools that weren't available when Apollo 17 ended. They found that the beads contained a lot of water — the same percentage found in Earth's mantle — the layer below the crust. It suggests that, even though the lunar surface is dry, the Moon's insides could've had as high a concentration of water as the interior of Earth. Scientists aren't through with the Apollo 17 samples yet. They just opened some of them this year for the very first time. The samples had been stored in pristine condition, awaiting the development of new tools — perhaps leading to more discoveries from a 50-year-old mission. The Moon climbs into good view by 11 p.m. About two-thirds of the hemisphere that faces our way is in daylight, so it's nice and bright. Regulus, the lead star of Leo, rises to the lower right of the Moon, and is below the Moon at first light. More about Apollo 17 tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory
APOLLO 17: And there it is Houston, there's Camelot! Right on target! I see it! 38 degrees. MISSION CONTROL: Challenger, you're go for landing. APOLLO: 5,000 feet. 50 years ago today, Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt were heading for the Moon. The Apollo 17 astronauts guided their lunar module, Challenger, toward a valley in the highlands — a mountainous region in one of the light-colored areas we see on the lunar disk. APOLLO: Stand by for touchdown. Stand by! It was the last of the six lunar landing missions of the Apollo program. APOLLO: Ten feet. Contact! Okay, Houston, the Challenger has landed! MCC: Roger, Challenger. That's super. APOLLO: Boy, you bet it is Gordo. Oh, man! Look at that rock out there. Absolutely incredible. Absolutely incredible. The epic moment of my life. Over the next three days, Cernan and Schmitt made three moonwalks. Using a battery-powered rover, they ventured almost five miles from their lander. And they gathered 250 pounds of samples. Some of the most exciting samples came from a patch of bright orange dirt, which decades later was found to contain water — one piece of evidence that the Moon is much wetter than anyone had expected during the Apollo days. Some other samples remained untouched until just a couple of years ago. They'd been sealed to avoid contamination. They were opened up to allow scientists to study them with tools and techniques that didn't exist when Apollo 17 brought them to Earth — a half-century ago. More tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory
The final Apollo mission arrived at the Moon 50 years ago today, as commander Gene Cernan reported from the command module, America: Houston, this is America, you can breathe easier. America has arrived on station for the challenge ahead. Apollo 17 was ambitious. Cernan and Jack Schmitt, a geologist, would spend three days on the Moon, in a valley known as Taurus-Littrow. It was picked because scientists thought it would give them a chance to sample two kinds of lunar terrain. One was the older material that forms the lunar highlands — the bright regions you see when you look at the Moon. The other was younger material produced by molten rock bubbling to the surface. Cernan was a veteran of two space flights. Schmitt had never flown before. He was added to the mission when NASA cancelled his flight, Apollo 18. That made him the first and only trained scientist to walk on the Moon. Crewmate Ronald Evans, also a space rookie, remained in orbit. He operated cameras and other instruments that studied the Moon below. The rocket firing that put them in lunar orbit went perfectly. And soon afterward, Schmitt reported something odd — the mission's first bit of science: Hey, I just saw a flash on the lunar surface. MISSION CONTROL: Oh, yeah? SCHMITT: It was a bright little flash. Scientists weren't sure if the flash was caused by the impact of a small space rock or an eruption from the Moon itself. Cernan and Schmitt landed the next day; more about that tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory
Als Apollo 17 am 11. Dezember 1972 auf dem Mond landete, war klar, dass Gene Cernan und Harrison Schmitt für lange Zeit die letzten Menschen auf dem Mond sein würden. Von Martina Meißner.
Today marks 50 years since Apollo 17. Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were the last men to set foot on the moon, this day 50 years ago. Kieran was joined by Off The Ball Presenter, Shane Hannon to discuss...
The Astronaut Alarm is in overdrive... Izzie, Dr Becky, and his excellency Richard Hollingham have not one but TWO astronauts on this month's episode. From the archive, Richard speaks to NASA astronaut Gene Cernan about Apollo 17 and being the last man on the Moon. ESA Astronaut Matthias Maurer talks about the upcoming Artemis missions which will see humans (hopefully, Matthias himself) return to our rocky neighbour. Plus, Robert Massey is on hand to answer your questions and share his stargazing tips for the month. Read the full interview with the Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, and find out more about Artemis in our book, The Year In Space. Order here (it's an excellent Christmas present): https://geni.us/jNcrw What cheese is the Moon made of? Email podcast@ras.ac.uk or tweet @RoyalAstroSoc with your thoughts on the debate. The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production by Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham.
In this special bonus episode - for the first time in full - we play Richard's interview with the last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan. Recorded in summer 2016, it's thought to be the astronaut's last broadcast interview. In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Cernan describes his "spacewalk from hell" during Gemini, his near-death experience at the Moon in Apollo 10 and his final words on the lunar surface during Apollo 17...Do send any thoughts or comments to Richard and Sue @spaceboffins via Facebook and Twitter or email podcast@spaceboffins.com Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
In this special bonus episode - for the first time in full - we play Richard's interview with the last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan. Recorded in summer 2016, it's thought to be the astronaut's last broadcast interview. In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Cernan describes his "spacewalk from hell" during Gemini, his near-death experience at the Moon in Apollo 10 and his final words on the lunar surface during Apollo 17...Do send any thoughts or comments to Richard and Sue @spaceboffins via Facebook and Twitter or email podcast@spaceboffins.com Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Almost 50 years ago, in December 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Apollo program. In the half-century since, no crewed mission — not Americans nor anyone else — has ventured beyond low Earth orbit. Despite a series of presidential promises, NASA has yet to return to the Moon, let alone venture to Mars. And despite recent declines in launch costs, thanks in large part to SpaceX, NASA remains in many ways committed to the old, Apollo-style way of doing things. To learn more about why NASA's manned missions always seem to run over budget and behind schedule — and to get a sense of the way forward with commercial space companies — I'm speaking with Lori Garver.Garver was previously Deputy Administrator of NASA during the Obama administration, from 2009 to 2013. Previously, she worked at NASA from 1996 to 2001 as a senior policy analyst. Garver is the founder of Earthrise Alliance, an initiative to better use space data to address climate change. She also appears in the 2022 Netflix documentary Return to Space. Her fascinating memoir, published in June, is Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation.James Pethokoukis: In December of this year, it will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 splashdown and the end of the Apollo program. Humanity has been stuck in low Earth orbit ever since. And for a while, the United States couldn't even get to low Earth orbit on its own. What happened to all the dreams that people had in the ‘60s that just sort of disappeared in 1972?Lori Garver: I think the dreamers are still out there. Many of them work on the space program. Many of them have contributed to the programs that we had post-Apollo. The human space flight program ended and took that hiatus. [But] we've been having, in the United States a very robust and leading space program ever since Apollo. For human space flight, I think we got off track, as I outline in my book, by really trying to relive Apollo. And trying to fulfill the institutions and congressional mandates that were created for Apollo, which were too expensive to continue with more limited goals. The Nixon administration actually had the right idea with the Space Shuttle. They said the goal was to reduce the cost of getting to and from space.Money was no object for a while.When you have your program tied to a national goal, like we did in Apollo of beating the Russians and showing that a democratic system was a better way to advance society and technology and science, we built to a standard that tripled the budget every couple years in the early days. We [NASA] then had to survive on a budget about half the size of the peak during Apollo and have never been able to really readjust the infrastructure and the cost to sustain it. So I'd say our buying power was greatly reduced.We'll talk about government later in the interview, but to some degree, isn't this a failure of society? If politicians had sensed a yearning desire from the American public to continue moving out further in space, would we have done it?It's hard to know how we measure public support for something like that because there's no voting on it per se. And there are so few congressional districts whose members are really focused on it. So the bills that come up in Congress are funding bills. NASA is buried among many other agencies. And so I think the yearning on the part of the public is a little more diffuse. What we want to see is the United States being a leader. We want to see us doing things that return to our economy, and we want to see things that help our national security. Those are the ways space contributes to society. And I think what we got off track in doing is delivering hardware that was built in certain people's districts instead of being a purpose-driven program as it was in Apollo.Even though the Space Shuttle wasn't going to fly to the Moon, people were really pretty excited by it. I'm not sure polls always capture how interested people are in space.We don't really gauge based on people who are attending launches. As someone who's been to a lot of launches, there are lots of people enthused. But that's not 300 million people in the country. I think that polls tend to show, as compared to what? And NASA tends to be at the bottom of a list of national priorities. But, of course, its budget isn't very large. So these are all things that we try to evaluate. I think if you believe that network news was able to track public interest, by the time of the Challenger accident — which was only the 25th shuttle launch — they weren't showing them live anymore. So that's the kind of thing that you can look into. We really like things the first time. And those first couple missions were very exciting. Or if we did something unique, like fix the Hubble Space Telescope, that was interesting. But we had 134 missions, and not every one of those got a lot of publicity.I saw you in the fantastic Return to Space documentary, and you had a great statistic saying that basically it cost about a billion dollars for every astronaut that we sent to space. Was there just fundamentally not an interest in reducing that cost? Did we not know how to do it? Was it just how government contracts [worked]? Why did it stay so expensive for so long?A combination of all those things plays into it. It's about the incentives. These were government cost-plus contracts that incentivize you to take longer and spend more, because you get more money the longer it takes. If you've worked in any private sector, they want to expand their own profits. And that's understandable. The government wasn't a smart buyer. And we also really like to focus on maybe doing something exquisite or a new technology instead of reducing the cost. [It's a] really interesting comparison to the Russian program where they just kept doing the same thing and it costs a little less. The Space Shuttle, we wanted it to be reusable. But it cost as much to refurbish it as it would have to rebuild. It wasn't until recently that we've had these incentives reversed and said, “We will buy launches from the private sector, and therefore they have the incentive to go and reduce the cost.” That's really what's working.If you look at what presidents were saying, they certainly still seem to be interested. We had the George H.W. Bush administration: He announced a big plan to return us to the Moon and Mars. I think it was like about a $500 billion plan. What happened to that? That was the Space Exploration Initiative?SEI, yes. I go into this in the book because, to me, it is really important that we not forget how many times presidents have given us similar goals. Because you come in, and I was the lead on the Obama transition for NASA. I was outgoing in the Clinton administration for NASA, leading the policy office, and supported lots of those Republican presidents in between in their space proposals. Never met a president who didn't love NASA and the human space flight program. They have various levels of success in getting what they want achieved. I think the first President Bush tried very hard to reduce the cost and to be more innovative. But the NASA bureaucracy fought him on that quite vociferously.Why would they? Wouldn't they see that it would be in NASA's long-term interest for these missions to be cheaper, more affordable?It was not dissimilar to my time at NASA in that the administrator was a former astronaut. And they didn't really come there with a mandate to do much other than support the existing program and people at the agency. When you're at NASA and you just want to do the same thing, you don't want to take a risk to change what you're doing. You want to keep flying your friends, and you have really come to this position because other people did the same thing as well. I call it, in the book, the “giant, self-licking ice-cream cone,” because it's this sugar high that everyone in it has. But it doesn't allow for as much progress.So no one anywhere really had an incentive to focus on efficiency and cost control. The people in Congress who were super interested, I imagine, were mostly people who had facilities in their districts and they viewed it as a jobs program.Yes. And they want contracts going to those jobs. Really, the administration, the president, is the one who tends to want a more valuable, efficient, effective space program. And within this, throughout the last decades, they've had a bit of tension with their own heads of NASA to get them to be more efficient Because Congress wants more of these cost-plus contracts in their district, the industry likes making the money, and the people at NASA tend to say, “Well, I might be going to work in one of those industry jobs down the road. So why do I want to make them mad?”It's really a fairly familiar story, despite sort of the interesting, exotic nature of space. It could be … banking and financial regulation, where you have the sort of a revolving door…That's what's difficult. And for me, I think writing the book was challenging for some of the people within the program to have this out there, because NASA is seen as above all that. And we should be above all that. What's a little ironic is to the extent that we're above all that, it's because we've now finally gotten to a point where there are some private-sector initiatives and there's more of a business case to be made for human space flight. Whereas previously, it was just the government so the only reason was this self-licking ice-cream cone.So we had the first Bush administration, they had this big, expansive idea. Then … canceled— right? —by President Clinton?Really by Congress. Congress did not fund president H.W. Bush's Space Exploration Initiative. But the tension was between what his space council wanted to do — which was led by Vice President Quayle — and what NASA wanted to do. A couple years in, he fired his head of NASA, brought in someone new, Dan Goldin. Dan Goldin was the head of NASA then for 10 years. The Clinton administration kept him, and the second Bush administration kept him for the first year. He drove a lot of this change. And as I talk about in the book, I worked there under him and eventually was his head of policy. And really, he was trying to infuse these incentives well before we were successful in doing this with SpaceX.So then we had the second Bush presidency, and we had another big idea for space. What was that idea, and what happened to that?We had the Columbia accident, which caused the second President Bush to have to look at human space flight again and say, "You know, we need to retire the shuttle and set our sights, again, farther." And this was the Moon-Mars initiative, it was referred to as the Vision for Space Exploration. Again, we had a change of NASA administrator under him. And I truly believe if you look, the changes aren't as much driven by presidents as they are heads of NASA. So it's who do you appoint and how long do they last? Because President Bush, it changed with his second administrator to be this program called Constellation, which was a big rocket to take us back to the Moon. Government owned and operated.So we were talking about how the legacy of Apollo has just loomed large over the program for decades. And this is another good example of that?This was referred to as “Apollo on steroids.” That is what the head of NASA wanted to do, and for a lot of good reasons, including because he knew he could get the congressional support for the districts, for the contracts that were typical for the time. You could use the NASA centers that already existed. This was never going to be efficient. But this was going to get a budget passed.Was there a real expectation that this would work? Or was this fundamentally a way of propping up this sort of industrial jobs complex infrastructure?I struggle with this question because I believe that the people creating these programs are very smart and are aware that when they say they're going to be able to do something for this amount of money and so forth, they know they can't. But they clearly feel it's the right thing to do anyway, because if they can get the camel's nose under the tent, they can continue to spend more money and do it.“Let's just keep it going, keep the momentum going.”Yes.When did we decide that just kind of redoing Apollo wasn't going to work and we need to do something different and we need to try to bring in the commercial [sector]?I take it back to the 1990s under Dan Goldin. As head of NASA, he started a program that was a partnership with industry. It was going to be a demonstration of a single-stage reusable launch system. Lockheed Martin happened to win it. It was called the X-33. They planned to develop a fully reusable vehicle that would be called VentureStar, but it ran into technical problems. They were trying to push doing more. And the Space Shuttle was still flying, so there weren't these incentives to keep it going. They canceled the program. Lockheed wasn't going to pick it up. The dot-com bubble burst. The whole satellite market that was going to be where they got most of their money — because the premise is “NASA just wants to be one customer, not pay for the whole system.” So really, the second Bush administration in the same post-Shuttle Columbia accident policy initiative said, “We are going to …” — again, very consistent with previous presidents, but again said — “… use the private sector to help commercialize and lower costs.” And the first Bush administration did that with a program — not for people, but for cargo — to the International Space Station. SpaceX won one of those contracts in 2006. So when I came back in 2008, and then 2009 with our first budget request, we asked for money for the crew element, meaning taking astronauts to the space station to also be done privately. Most people hated that idea at first.I've seen a video of a hearing, and a lot of senators did not like this idea. Apollo astronauts did not like this idea. Why did people not like this idea?Well, let's see: There were tens of billions of dollars of contracts already let to Constellation contractors. And this meant canceling Constellation. Because the first part of that, although it was designed (at least in theory) to go back to the Moon, it was going to take us to and from the space station. But the program in the first four years, had slipped [to] five years. It was costing a couple billion dollars a year. And again, we're still sort of doing that program. And maybe we'll get to that.I don't think it ever really goes away.The Commercial Crew Program, we were able to carve out enough dollars to get it started. And this was not something that was easy. It was not something I think most people in the Senate, or the former Apollo astronauts who testified against us, thought was possible. I think there was just this sense — and again, Elon and SpaceX was very, very likely to be the winners of these competitions. People just didn't believe he could do it.They thought only government could do something this spectacular. Elon Musk encountered a lot of skepticism from astronauts. And he found this personally and emotionally really hurtful, to see these astronauts be skeptical. To be charitable, they were skeptical.I did too. I knew them, and I knew that they thought the policies I was driving were wrongheaded. Gene Cernan said it would lead to the end of America as we know it, the future of his grandchildren were at stake. So these were not easy things to hear. And I'm often asked, why did I even believe it would work? Well, let's face it, nothing else had worked. It had been 50 years since Apollo! And we hadn't done it, as you said in the opening of the program. We also know that in every other aspect of transportation or large initiatives that the government takes on, the idea isn't to have the government own and operate them. We didn't do that with the airlines. So this was inevitable, and the private sector was launching to space. They had been since the '90s. We had turned over management of the rocket systems. So I didn't necessarily know SpaceX was going to make it, but I knew that was the way to drive innovation, to get the cost down, and to get us to a place where we could break out of this giant, self licking ice-cream cone.But now we have a system that's sort of betwixt and between. The next sort of big thing is this moon mission, Artemis, that is a little bit of the old way and a little bit of the new way. We're going to be using a traditional Apollo-style developed rocket, the SLS. I think a SpaceX lander. Why aren't we going to launch this on a very big SpaceX rocket? Why are we still doing it a little bit of the old way?Because I failed, basically. This grand bargain that we made with Congress, where we got just enough money to start a commercial crew program, kept the contracts for Constellation.SLS is Constellation, for the listeners.It is. It's the same. They protected the contracts and the rocket changed a little bit, but the parts — again, the money; follow the money — all are still flowing to Lockheed, Boeing, Aerojet. The Space Launch System is often called the “Senate Launch System.” I don't happen to agree, because it wasn't just the Senate that did this. The call, as I say, was coming from inside the house: NASA people wanted to build and operate a big rocket. That's why they came to NASA. They grew up seeing Apollo. They wanted to launch their version of the Saturn V. And they ultimately were willing to give up low Earth orbit to the private sector, if they could have their big rocket. So that's back in 2011 that this is established, this bifurcated system. They were supposed to launch by 2016. It's now 2022. They haven't even launched a first test flight. This first test flight, now at $20 billion-plus — the capsule on top, called Orion, is exactly from Constellation, so it's been being funded at more than a billion a year since 2006. This is not a program that should be going forward, and we are about to do a big test of it, whether it works or not. We'll have a bigger decision, I think, when it's over if it's successful than if it's not. I think if it's not successful, we ought to just call it.Even if it's successful, is this the last gasp of this kind of manned space exploration? I mean, even if we get to the Moon by … when? I'm not sure when the current moving target is.Well, I believe we're continuing to say now, 2025, the current NASA administrator.Any program that expensive is not going be sustainable, even if it should work technically.This is my view. This is the whole premise of Escaping Gravity, is we have to get out of not just our gravity well of Earth, but the system that has been holding us back. And I'd love to say it's the last gasp, but I thought that about Constellation. And it should have been true about the shuttle.Can you give me a sense of the cost difference we're talking about?The Space Launch System with Orion, which is the rocket and capsule, together have cost us over $40 billion to develop. Each launch will also cost an additional $4 billion, and we can only launch it once every two years. So in Apollo, we launched I think 12 times in five years, once we started the program. If we start now with the program, in next five years the most we can launch is three times. This is not progress. And those amounts of money, compared to the private sector… It hasn't launched something bigger than SLS yet, but let's just take the Falcon Heavy, which launches about 80 percent of the size of payload that the SLS can. SpaceX developed that without any public money. And the per launch costs are in the $100-150 million range. It's just not comparable.Does the current head of NASA understand these cost calculations?Well, he recently said — Administrator Bill Nelson, former Florida senator — that he thinks that this cost-plus system that NASA has been using is a “plague” on the agency. So this is fascinating, because he's basically patient zero. He required us to do the SLS. He's very proud of that to this day. So he can brag about the monster rocket, he calls it that, and yet still say the way we are doing it is a plague. So you'd think he doesn't want to do things this way anymore. And as you said, SpaceX is developing the lander for the Moon program. So it's really hard to know what the outcome will be because, like you, I don't believe it's sustainable to spend so much for something we did 50 years ago that isn't going to be reusable, the costs aren't coming down, we aren't going to be able to do it more often. All the things that mean “sustainable.” But yet, that is the government's plan.It just seems hard to believe that that plan is not just sustainable to go to the Moon and develop a permanent moon facility … and then to Mars, which obviously is going to cost even more. It seems like, if as a country we decide this is something we want to do, that inevitably it's going to be a private-sector effort.You know, it's really related to, as a country deciding what we're going to do. Because if there was some compelling reason, as there was in the ‘60s, the nation's leaders felt to go to the Moon for the first time. If that came together for Mars, maybe the public would be willing to spend trillions. But if you can reduce the cost through the private-sector use of vehicles, you can still advance US goals. I try to make the case. This isn't an either/or. This can be a NASA-led and industry-developed program, just as we have done with so much of our economy. And to me, that is inevitable. It's just, how much are we going to waste in the meantime?Is the threat of China enough of a catalyst to give more momentum toward American efforts in space?China is certainly a threat to the United States in many ways — economically, politically, and so forth — and therefore, I think, seen as a big reason for us to return to the Moon. (We say it's a race with China. I'm like, “Okay, for the 13th person. Because don't forget, we won.”) But doing that in a way that drives technology and leaves behind a better nation, that's how you win in these geopolitical races. And so to me, yes, we are making the case (I think NASA, in particular) that we need to beat China, in our case, back to the Moon. It's about leadership. And I don't think we lead or help our nation by protecting industries that then aren't competitive. I still see the need to evolve from the system, and I fully believe we will be back on the Moon before the Chinese. But they are someone we have our eye on. They are really the only other nation right now with an advanced human space flight program.One of my favorite TV shows, which I probably write too often about, is the Ronald D. Moore show For All Mankind. And for listeners who don't know, the premise is that the space race never ends because the Soviets get there first. They beat us to the Moon, and then we decide that we're going to keep going. And the race just keeps going through the ‘60s, the ‘70s, and the ‘80s. I'm sure somewhere in NASA there were great plans that after Apollo we were going to be on the Moon. … Can you imagine a scenario where all those plans came true? Was it inevitable that we were going to pull back? Or could we at this point already have Mars colonies or Moon colonies? That the wildest dreams of the people in the ‘60s, that we actually could have done it, there was a path forward?Of course. I could be on a much longer show about For All Mankind, because I, too, am really invested in it.We did a great podcast with Ronald D. Moore.Oh good. I know of the astronauts who advise. And of course, I find it hilarious what they take out of it. And the astronauts' perspective about how things are actually run in Washington is just hilarious. And one of the reasons I wrote Escaping Gravity, all astronauts should understand that presidents don't sit there at their desk, wondering what NASA's doing today.If I was president, I would be wondering that.And they have, of course, a former astronaut becoming the president. They want it to go well. Like I said, all presidents love it. But of course NASA's plan, and really from von Braun, was Moon on the way to Mars and beyond. Science fiction really wrote this story. And I think people who were drawn to NASA are all about trying to make that a reality. And in many ways we're doing it.What would things look like right now without SpaceX? I'm sure you know that SpaceX, as well as Blue Origin, there's a certain criticism that this is some sort of vanity effort by billionaires to take us to space. But I'm assuming that you don't view this whole effort as a vanity effort.Yes. My book is called Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. And I'm very clear in it that there wouldn't be much transformation going on without SpaceX. So yes, they are absolutely critical to this story. It would've taken longer without them. We don't even have Boeing, their second competitor, taking astronauts yet to the station. But we would've had competitors. There were people before Elon. I think Bezos, and Blue Origin, is making progress and will do so. There are other companies now online, the Dream Chaser, to take cargo to the space station, private sector. But make no mistake, without them, without Elon and his vision and his billions, Artemis wouldn't be even more than a great name for a human space flight program. Because we didn't have the money for a lunar lander that anyone else bid, except for SpaceX. They have overachieved. They have set the bar and then cleared it. And every time they compete, they end up getting less money than the competition and then they beat them. So it's impossible, really, to overstate their value. But I still believe that the policies are the right ones to incentivize others in addition to SpaceX. And if they weren't here, we would not be as far along for sure.I am now going to ask you to overstate something. Give me your expansive view of what a new space age looks like. Is it just humans going out into deep space? Is it a vibrant orbital space economy? What does that new space age look like?To me, it is a purpose-driven space age so we are utilizing fully that sphere beyond our atmosphere. So that's in lower Earth orbit, using that to help society today, we can measure greenhouse gases in real time, the emissions. We can, as we look forward, go beyond certainly Mars, to places where humanity must go if we want to be sustained as a species. I think the purpose of space is like saying, “What was the purpose of first going into the oceans?” It's for science. It's for economic gain. It's for national security. Similar to the atmosphere and now space. It's a new venue where we all can only just imagine what is possible today, and it we will be there. I personally like that Jetsons future of living in a world where I have a flying car on another planet.Lori, thanks for coming on the podcast.Thank you for having me. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe
This week Dave is on holiday, so there's no spaceflight news, but instead we have a look at what we think is the unsung hero of crewed spaceflight, Project Gemini.https://www.nasa.gov/specials/gemini_gallery/ Image Credits: NASASpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.comEmily CarneyA veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/Dave GilesGiles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he's been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon'.In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.Full info: https://www.davejgiles.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgilesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgilesSpace and Things is brought to you And Things Productions: https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Almost 50 years after NASA's final Moon landing mission as part of it's Apollo programme, a container holding lunar soil from the 1972 Apollo 17 mission is to be opened shortly. Collected by astronaut Gene Cernan, the sample was sealed inside a vacuum-tight canister while he was still on the moon. and placed inside another vacuum chamber here on Earth, where it has sat untouched ever since. It is due to to be opened soon by researchers using a device designed by the European Space Agency which it is hoped will allow the extraction of precious lunar gases which may have been preserved in the sample. To find out more, we speak to astronomer and author, Emeritus Prof David Block. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Dr. Graci explains how scientists are developing air filtration devices to clear out lingering COVID-19 bacteria; Dr. Shane explains the historical artefacts on display at Melbourne Museum's 'Treasures of the Natural World' exhibition; and Graci explains why we should be excited about the cerebellum. Then we revisit an archival interview, with Dr. Shane interviewing Captain Gene Cernan, NASA astronaut and the last man to walk on the moon. With presenters Dr. Shane, and Dr. Graci. Program page: Einstein-A-Go-GoFacebook page: Einstein-A-Go-GoTwitter: Einstein-A-Go-Go
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Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan said of Andy Chaikin's book A Man on the Moon, “I've been there. Chaikin took me back.” Andy returns to help us mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 15 and the first use of the Lunar Rover. He also talks with Mat about what the Artemis generation should learn from Apollo, how astronauts have evolved, the challenge of putting humans on Mars, and much more. Bruce Betts picks up the Apollo 15 theme with this week in space history. Discover more at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/andy-chaikin-apollo-15-and-more See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8:36 P.M. EST, December 12, 1972: Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt braked to a stop alongside Nansen Crater, keenly aware that they were far, far from home. They had flown nearly a quarter-million miles to the man in the moon's left eye, landed at its edge, and then driven five miles into this desolate, boulder-strewn landscape. As they gathered samples, they strode at the outermost edge of mankind's travels. This place, this moment, marked the extreme of exploration for a species born to wander.
8:36 P.M. EST, December 12, 1972: Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt braked to a stop alongside Nansen Crater, keenly aware that they were far, far from home. They had flown nearly a quarter-million miles to the man in the moon's left eye, landed at its edge, and then driven five miles into this desolate, boulder-strewn landscape. As they gathered samples, they strode at the outermost edge of mankind's travels. This place, this moment, marked the extreme of exploration for a species born to wander.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 145, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tales 1: "Needful Things" is a recent tale of terror by this author of "It" and "Cujo". Stephen King. 2: In 1931 Jean de Brunhoff wrote the first of several children's tales about this elephant. Babar. 3: This author was one of the first to use the term "Jazz Age" in his "Tales of the Jazz Age" in 1922. Fitzgerald. 4: The general prologue to this monumental work describes the meeting of 30 pilgrims at the Tabard Inn. The Canterbury Tales. 5: "The Last of the Mohicans" is among the novels that make up this series of tales. The Leatherstocking Tales. Round 2. Category: "R" Town 1: "Believe It or Not", Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia all have a town named this. Ripley. 2: "Take A Ride" through this town, named for the ancestral home of William Penn's family. Reading. 3: Vikings founded the first permanent settlement in this national capital around 874. Reykjavik. 4: This Georgia city was founded in 1834 on a site that had 7 hills. Rome. 5: Founded in the 13th century, this major Dutch port was heavily damaged by German bombing in World War II. Rotterdam. Round 3. Category: Oscar-Winning Roles 1: Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks. 2: Rooster Cogburn. John Wayne. 3: Miss Daisy Werthan. Jessica Tandy. 4: 2009:He was really good as Bad Blake. Jeff Bridges. 5: 1999:Her multi-dimensional performance as Brandon Teena / Teena Brandon won an Oscar. Hilary Swank. Round 4. Category: The Deans List 1: Much of this Rat Pack crooner's hard-drinking persona may have been just for the cameras. Dean Martin. 2: In the 1930s this "lightheaded" pitcher led the National League in strikeouts 4 times. Dizzy Dean. 3: The then-new fad of skateboarding was celebrated in this duo's 1964 hit song "Sidewalk Surfin'". Jan and Dean. 4: It doesn't take a sausage to know that this country singer took "Big Bad John" to No. 1 in 1961. Jimmy Dean. 5: This author's thrillers turned into films include "Phantoms" and "Demon Seed". Dean Koontz. Round 5. Category: Whaaazuuup?! 1: On Dec. 14, 1972 Gene Cernan became the last man to drive a vehicle up here. the moon. 2: Launched Oct. 4, 1957, it circled the Earth once every 96 minutes, going 18,000 MPH. Sputnik. 3: Leonardo da Vinci sketched one of these in 1483; Sikorsky produced the first practical one in 1939. helicopter. 4: In May 1927 this plane was tested by flying from San Diego to NYC; it took 20 hours, 21 minutes. the Spirit of St. Louis. 5: With room for 700, this traveled 1 mile at a height of 70 feet on its only flight in 1947. the Spruce Goose. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 137, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 5 Letter Words 1: An assumed identity, or the type of letter that accompanies a resume. Cover letter. 2: Emily Post says in this kind of letter, don't call death "a blessing in disguise". Condolence letter. 3: Also a fruit, it should always be found in the heading of a letter. Date. 4: "Very truly yours" is a "complimentary" this, also something done to a door. Closing. 5: The garment worn here, it follows "zip" in something the Postal Service wants you to use. Plus fours. Round 2. Category: "O" No! 1: These bivalves breed in beds. oysters. 2: The Greek word for "bird" gave us this word for the study of birds. ornithology. 3: Founded in 1878, Lady Margaret Hall is this European university's oldest women's college. Oxford. 4: This London theatre was once known as the Royal Victoria. the Old Vic. 5: Last name of Ambrosio and Bernardo, father and son politicians of Chile. O'Higgins. Round 3. Category: Ukraine On The Brain 1: The worst nuclear accident in history happened at this Ukrainian site in 1986. Chernobyl. 2: After conquering the region, this empress introduced serfdom to Ukraine in 1795. Catherine the Great. 3: Ukraine's capital lends its name to this poultry dish in which breasts are rolled up with butter, breaded and fried. Chicken Kiev. 4: Ukrainians call this body of water "Chorne More". the Black Sea. 5: This strategic peninsula became part of Ukraine in 1954. the Crimea. Round 4. Category: Whaaazuuup?! 1: On Dec. 14, 1972 Gene Cernan became the last man to drive a vehicle up here. the moon. 2: Launched Oct. 4, 1957, it circled the Earth once every 96 minutes, going 18,000 MPH. Sputnik. 3: Leonardo da Vinci sketched one of these in 1483; Sikorsky produced the first practical one in 1939. helicopter. 4: In May 1927 this plane was tested by flying from San Diego to NYC; it took 20 hours, 21 minutes. the Spirit of St. Louis. 5: With room for 700, this traveled 1 mile at a height of 70 feet on its only flight in 1947. the Spruce Goose. Round 5. Category: "Fre"-Dom 1: Wrigley's "extra" brand of cinnamon chewing gum bills itself as this on its wrapper. sugar free. 2: Lord Tennyson, or Batman's Butler. Alfred. 3: Elevun letr wurd fur the job thet wud b rezponzibl fir fiksin this clu's speling problims. proofreader. 4: Prestone makes one that provides protection down to -84 degrees. antifreeze. 5: It's the art of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water. fresco. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
1st episode of 2021 Hawaii welcomes you back to the islands. Hawaii Posts provideds you with updates on safe travel programs and we sit down with Michael Miller Director of operations and partner of Tiki’s Grill and Bar to discuss the current state of tourism and business is re-opening up in Waikiki in Hawaii abroad. Also we have a Surf Report weather forecast current events and Tom e Stokes nuggets of knowledge. Enjoy the show! Tom-e-stokes Show Links Show Links HawaiiPosts.com GoHawaii.com TikisGrill.com Timeanddate.com Surfnewsnetwork.com Hawaiian Dictionary - wehewehe.org MUSIC LINK: Pupule Boys (no website so here is a live track) https://youtu.be/Ap-osJNyF3U Links to Help You Support The Show NATURALLY PLUS -IZUMIO http://thomasg1.npusashop.com www.facebook.com/hihealthy ACORNS https://www.acorns.com/invite/8C9NU2 ROBINHOOD https://join.robinhood.com/thomasg2655 SURVEY JUNKIE https://apps.apple.com/us/app/survey-junkie/id1462195529 (Android use invite id 1462195529) EXPRESS CRYPTO expresscrypto.io/signup?referral=226518 FINAL AUTO FUACET https://autofaucet.dutchycorp.space/?r=Tomestokes Crypto Tip Jar BTC 1PvmbeQwbdctR93hdSyv9BtXKKzrtW9sS BCH bitcoincash:qqzu5w6c0x5xjrfwq634gsr28cmqkagqjq2q0hk895 DASH XmjFXekSENuyfWXEzdKrDxxXQuK2LddTx9 DOGE DB1K1ketugFfkRZLGv47hvQEvTLGGaxoCwV ETH 0x55A0d6608875C6076a3c23DB4ca6f4C16f6cE736 ETN etnkNXWNHqhQVXFK4jfgTgebQ27biNvdPUUvcqoCUEXpV4atiET9kEYewfA7ysnWFGLqctrLGEoQQ7SThxeLNqN62jLKbWxxVC LTC LX95abtaMAEmRRgWadffovHMcsyjJVACbx XRP rB3ktznAAmhs14iURvtd8svvSYYPmAEwjq Paypal tomestokes@gmail.com Contact: tomestokes@gmail.com
Emily and Dave take a look back at what's happened in 2020 and pick out some highlights, they also look forward into 2021 and make some plans. This show was pre-recorded before Christmas, normal news and updates will recommence in the next episode.We hope you've had a great holiday season.Image credit: Space XSpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.comEmily CarneyA veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/Dave GilesGiles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he's been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon'.In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.Full info: https://www.davejgiles.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgilesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgilesSpace and Things is brought to you And Things Productions https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Followi the sad news that Gerald Carr passed away shortly after his 88th birthday on 26th August, we decided that we would take a look at his life and the mission he commanded: Skylab 4. We were fortunate to hear from one of his crew mates on that mission Dr. Ed Gibson.Skylab 4 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnB1yQ4zylYDavid Shayler's "Around The World In 84 Days" Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-Days-Authorized-Biography/dp/189495940XButter Cookie Recipe: https://anodysseyofflavors.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/space-food-and-skylab-butter-cookies/Gerald 'Jerry' Carr Obituaries:https://www.newcomeralbany.com/Obituary/188631/Gerald-Carr/Albany-NYhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/skylab-astronaut-gerald-jerry-carr-dies-at-88/https://www.manchesterjournal.com/stories/manchesters-astronaut-jerry-carr-dead-at-88,612825Space X:Falcon 9 Launches:Saocom 1B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-gLOsDjE3E (Polar Orbit) - 31st AugStarlink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4xR7LMCGY - Sept 3rdStarship SN6 150meter hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdAKrzOLQTg - Sept 4thSLS Booster Test:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWzx8LGP9K8 - Sept 2ndESA:Vega Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QFd7ViK2zg - Sept 2ndULA:Delta Heavy Scrub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3f-rFA5Wp8 - Aug 29thLong March 4B First stage unsafe return:https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1302933386990891008?s=20 - Sept 7thSpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.comEmily CarneyA veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/Dave GilesGiles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he's been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon'.In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.Full info: https://www.davejgiles.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgilesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgilesSpace and Things is brought to you And Things Productions https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
STP 1 - The podcast has launched.In our first episode, our co-hosts introduce themselves and look back upon the year 2020 so far and pick out their highlights.What was their favourite space flight event? ESA's solar flare? Space X Crew Demo? The launch of Perseverance? Please share with us your highlights.With all the usual events and gatherings cancelled this year, the world has gone online. Emily and Dave talk a little bit about some of the online events they've been a part of, with shout outs to Spacefest, Space Hipsters and The San Diego Air and Space Museum.Space and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.comEmily CarneyA veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/Dave GilesGiles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he's been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon'.In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.Full info: https://www.davejgiles.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgilesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgilesSpace and Things is brought to you And Things Productions https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Space historian Emily Carney has teamed up with space flight nerd Dave Giles for Space and Things, a podcast devoted to the exploration of space. Each week they'll be keeping up to date with what is happening in the space flight world as well as looking back at some of the key moments and figures involved with the evolution of space flight. Subscribe and follow on your favourite podcast platform, and never miss an episode.Space and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: info@andthingsproductions.comEmily CarneyA veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilycarneyspace/Dave GilesGiles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he's been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon'.In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.Full info: https://www.davejgiles.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgilesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/davejgilesmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/davejgilesSpace and Things is brought to you And Things Productions https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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This week, we discuss the connection between purpose and happiness. Are they connected? Does one precede the other? What happens to our work when we no longer feel any purpose in engaging in it? Does it merely become practice? If so, to what end? Also, a reflection on the life of Gene Cernan and men like him, who dared to leave their home behind “just to see if they could do it.” Luigi Ghirri is our Photographer of the week.
When astronaut Gene Cernan stepped off the moon in 1972, he didn't think he'd be the last human ever to touch its surface. But no one's been back. Hear astronaut Cernan's reaction to being the last man on the moon, the reasons why President Kennedy launched the Apollo program, and why Americans haven't returned. Now other countries – and companies – are vying for a bigger piece of the space pie. Find out who – or what – will be visiting and even profiting. Will the moon become an important place to make money? Plus, the moon landing was a great step for “a man,” and “men not machines” make space history. But what about women? More than a dozen were qualified for space flight in the early 1960s. Hear from one of these original “Mercury 13,” and find out why NASA grounded them. Guests: Gene Cernan – Retired American naval officer, former NASA Astronaut. John Logsdon – Professor emeritus, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University Al Hallonquist – Aerospace historian Robert Richards – Founder and CEO of Moon Express Sarah Ratley – Former pilot, member of the "Mercury 13" Dan Durda – Planetary scientist, Southwest Research Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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