When it comes to the Moon, we've only scratched the surface

Podcast: The New Society | culture from the New Statesman · The New Statesman

Opublikowano: 2026-04-11

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...