The US space agency has ambitious moon plans and, after a short delay, they kick off on Saturday. But it will have to compete with the likes of Elon Musk for its lunar future.
NASA hopes its Artemis program, named after Apollo’s twin sister, will send humans to the moon and eventually Mars. Ken Podwalski is executive director of Space Exploration and Infrastructure for the Canadian Space Agency. He tells guest host Susan Bonner about the Artemis mission going forward. And John Logsdon, founder of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, talks about why it’s important for people to explore space.
NASA is just hours away from launching the most powerful rocket the world has ever seen. Lift-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida will take place between 08:33 and 10:33 ET (13:33 and 15:33 BST).