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I've been listening with my kid to the excellent BBC podcast "13 Minutes to the Moon"[1]. It does a great job describing both the astronauts' experience (includ
by aaronharnly 3y ago
I've been listening with my kid to the excellent BBC podcast "13 Minutes to the Moon"[1]. It does a great job describing both the astronauts' experience (including Frank Borman and Apollo 8) and the scale and speed of efforts on the ground. I highly recommend it.
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2
- unethical_ban 3y agoI listened to the first episode and it seemed to have what I call "Ted radio hour syndrome": an excess of quick cut audio, sound effects, and drawn out narration that had me, an enthusiast of manned spaceflight, bored. Maybe it was like season 1 of a TV show where you gotta give it a few shots. The book "A Man on the Moon" was quite well written though, and some day I may read "failure is not an option".
- Shawnj2 3y agoUnfortunately the entire thing is cut like that but I do think the actual content of the podcast is good.
- closewith 3y agoThe Brady Heywood podcast had a great series on Apollo 13 that covered parts of the earlier missions. Unfortunately they "remastered" and rereleased it with the same awful pacing and music, but the originals are still available in the feed.