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EPISODE · Jul 18, 2014 · 17 MIN

The Moon

from The Why Factor · host BBC World Service

The moon has fascinated humans everywhere and for all time. Why? Mike Williams explores the moon in culture, how it affects life on Earth and he asks Alan Bean – one of the handful of people who have walked on it – what the moon is really like.Producer: Richard Knight(Image shows a full moon as seen from the sky at night. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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The moon has fascinated humans everywhere and for all time. Why? Mike Williams explores the moon in culture, how it affects life on Earth and he asks Alan Bean – one of the handful of people who have walked on it – what the moon is really like.Producer: Richard Knight(Image shows a full moon as seen from the sky at night. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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