This week, were heading into space to find out how well live, work and eat on the moon. We have space homes and a spacewoman. All of a sudden, it clicked in my head. Wow, the International Space station is a submarine in space. Moon bots and moon dust. The surface is fine and powdery. I can pick it up loosely with my toe. You know, i think ive seen that chap somewhere before. Jfk we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, i not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Neil armstrong its One Small Step for man. One giant leap for mankind. 52 years ago, we laid our last footprint on the moon. As the crew of apollo 17 left the surface, they didnt know that gene cernan would be the last person to walk on Another World for quite a while. Were on our way, houston. But now, in this decade, finally. Were going back. And liftoff of artemis 1. Nasas Artemis Programme will, in the next year or two, return us to our neighbour. Part of its mission to land the first
To find out, its time for me to take One Small Step of my own. Oh, wow. I can instantly see the dust kind of kicking up. Yeah. Its really fine, isnt it . It leaves the footprints like youd expect. Oh, my gosh. Thats brilliant. And this is how moon dust behaves, itjust puffs up like that . It does, yeah. Its so fine. Welcome to swamp works. The dusty, dirty lab where they work with simulated moon dust. Now, the loose soil that covers the lunar surface is called regolith. Its extremely fine, very sharp on a microscopic scale, and it gets everywhere. So when we landed with apollo 11, we didnt know what the surface of the moon exactly was going to be like. Youll notice from some of the footage, the landing pads are quite huge on the landing legs and the ladder s far away from the surface. There was a lot of concern of, how much will this lander sink into the surface . How fluffy is this regolith . The surface is fine and powdery. I can. | can pick it up loosely with my toe. In fact, its be
Ill break down the legal developments with former fbi senior official Chuck Rosenberg and talk to one of the republicans challenging trump for the nomination, former texas congressman will hurd. Donald trump is running to stay out of prison. Plus, impeachment trial balloon. As Hunter Bidens Plea Deal Unravels in court, House Republicans threaten to impeach President Biden. If they do not provide the information we need, then we would go to an Impeachment Inquiry. This is impeachment theater. Setting up a potential impeachment investigation, coinciding with the threat of a Government Shutdown all in the fall. Ill talk to Biden Campaign national cochair senator chris coons of delaware. And is age just a number . Senator Mitch Mcconnell freezes midsentence in a news conference, putting a spotlight once again on the advancing age of many of our nations leaders. The president calling to check on me . How old is too old to serve . Joining me for insight and analysis are Leigh Ann Caldwell of
hello, everyone, and welcome to the amanpour hour, here s where we re headed this week. running out of patience, biden counts the political cost of the carnage in gaza, as netanyahu rejects the two-state solution. we ve been doing a make-believe peace process for 30 years. also ahead, combat veteran, test pilot and space shuttle commander, nasa s number two pam melroy on why returning to the moon is a giant leap for all human kind. this is not about a camping trip, this is actually about pushing humanity into the solar system. then, a claimed filmmaker ava duvernay on exploring the root causes of racism in her new movie origin . and from military aide stymied in congress we take you to the ukrainian front line, where ammunition is running dangerously low. by the way, they re not even explosive rounds, they re smoke rounds. welcome to the program, everyone, i m christiane man poor in london, it s one of the world s most consequential diplomatic relationshi
they ve doubled work patterns. they ve gone quasi war mobilisation without full mobilisation. they seem to be able to find spare parts for tanks and ships from abroad through what they call parallel imports or smuggling. so, russia s leader buckles down for a long war and was apparently dismissive of the recent african peace initiative, preferring to continue to fight. but could he be toppled if ukraine s counteroffensive succeeds? i think a major reverse in the south which threatens crimea, which putin s put so much stake on. if the bridges are dropped again, if russia has to evacuate forces and people from crimea, that s going to have political repercussions. and then the question is, of course, how does it layout? and then the question is, of course, how does it play out? i think the centre, putin s power, the tarnish. it s been weakened. a feeling of a slight sense of decay. there is a rout, a major reverse by the ukrainians, going to the heart of his grip on power and