EPISODE · Apr 10, 2026 · 30 MIN
Humans are hoping to build on the Moon by 2030
from The New Statesman Podcast, Subscriber Only Edition
Last night, the Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission to space and a lunar flyby. The voyage, which included the first woman and a non-US citizen to take part in a lunar mission, is part of a program to place humans once again on the Moon by 2028, a return after 56 years apart. But why do we bother? Where does this fascination come from? Can the moon teach us something about ourselves? Is it a hunger for something different? Tanjil Rashid is joined by Rebecca Boyle, science writer and author of Our Moon: A Human History.
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