EPISODE · Mar 28, 2019 · 5 MIN
Why America Wants to Send Astronauts to the Moon's South Pole
from Science, Spoken · host WIRED
In December 2017, roughly a year into his tenure as president, Donald Trump directed NASA to develop a plan to return American astronauts to the moon. Since then, the government has released few details about what this mission would look like. But Tuesday, at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council, Vice President Mike Pence doled out a big piece of information: When American astronauts go back to the moon, they will land at the lunar south pole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In December 2017, roughly a year into his tenure as president, Donald Trump directed NASA to develop a plan to return American astronauts to the moon. Since then, the government has released few details about what this mission would look like. But Tuesday, at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council, Vice President Mike Pence doled out a big piece of information: When American astronauts go back to the moon, they will land at the lunar south pole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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