Are We Over the Moon?

Are We Over the Moon?

The Trump administration wants NASA to land astronauts on the moon by 2027. They also want them to do it with their budget slashed, a leadership carousel and competing views that Mars is more important.


Guest: Joel Achenbach, freelance journalist and author of Moondoggle


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