Artemis II: The Moon Was Never Enough

You were taught to share before you understood ownership.To sit still before you understood why. To raise your hand before you understood who gave anyone the right to decide when you could speak.Nobody called it conditioning. They called it growing up.By the time you reached scho ...  Show more

Think about the last time you couldn't stop.Not just alcohol or drugs. The scroll that went an hour longer than you meant. The food you didn't want but kept eating. The relationship you knew was wrong. The thought loop you couldn't exit.Compulsion isn't a character flaw. It isn't ...  Show more

Nasa's first step in their plan to send humans back to the surface of the Moon is fast approaching. The programme, called Artemis, is costing tens of billions of dollars and will begin with Artemis I, scheduled to launch on 29 August. The uncrewed mission will send the Orion spac ...  Show more

In 2021, Captain James Kirk, aka William Shatner, popped into space for real for a couple of minutes, transported by space company Blue Origin's tourist rocket New Shepard. Elon Musk's Space X ferried more astronauts and supplies between Earth and the International Space Station, ...  Show more

On April 11th, 1970, NASA launched Apollo 13, its third manned mission to the Moon. But two days into its journey, an explosion wiped out a major source of oxygen, limiting the ship’s water and power supplies. The three astronauts onboard found themselves stranded in a cripple ...

Jason and Stephen talk about Earth's closest neighbor, the Moon. This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by: Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing! Links and Show Notes Liftoff - Relay FM Liftoff (@liftoffpodcast) | ...  Show more