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Episode 17: The Twelfth Man

December 16th, 2022

50 years ago today, the three Apollo 17 astronauts departed the Moon to return to Earth. It was the first time in human history that a scientist set foot on another world: geologist Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt. What lessons does this historic mission have to teach us in the coming years as humans finally return to the Moon with the Artemis program?

RECORDED BY: Jantzen Carter

REFERENCES:

'Apollo 17: Diary of the Twelfth Man' by Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt

'The Last Man on the Moon' by Eugene Cernan and Don Davis

'A Man on the Moon' by Andrew Chaikin

MUSIC:

"Nonstop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Thunderbird" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ossuary 1: A Begining" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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