Astronomy Cast Ep. 759: The Commercial Space Program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clLLqzWyT-Q


Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay


Streamed live on Jun 9, 2025.


Humanity has turned its focus back to the Moon, sending a fleet
of spacecraft to the lunar surface. Some are run by the
government, but there’s a whole new group of commercial landers
bearing instruments to the lunar surface. Is this the future of
lunar exploration? Space used to be a place occupied by
government-funded and military missions, but today, we're seeing
the rise... and fall (somersault, crash, and explosion) of
missions with commercial design and funding. Let's talk about how
this is good, bad, and maybe just too soon.


 


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