it s got manikins and research from dozens of countries on board. so, when this. it s part of a larger thing. there s something called the artemis accords, which has a star trek ring to it on purpose. 21 countries have all come together to work on this. the idea is we ve done this before, but for about two thirds of humanity, who weren t even alive, they haven t seen anyone work on another world. for them, this will be the first moon programme. i don t want to be a damper, but i have to ask and i m sure many might be wondering as well there are so many problems on earth. is this really where humanity s efforts are best place? really where humanity s efforts are best lace? ., really where humanity s efforts are best place? really where humanity s efforts are best lace? ., ., ., ., best place? you can ask that, and it has been put to space people for half a century or longer. but india, a country that has a lot of economic issues, is racing to send probes to
propellant to deal with. nasa has been working with that since the 1960s, since the original moon programme. i m sure they will fix it, it is a question of time, and asjonathan said, it is a big, complicated system, it really is the biggest rocket that nasa or anyone has ever built, so there are a lot of things to get right. but, you know, nasa is probably the organisation to do it, but it will take some time. some people will say, they have had 50 years. it was quite a while since we last went to the moon, we have done this before, why all the publicity and the fanfare and it still not be working properly? well, that is a really good point. first time for a human mission round the moon since 1972. has the technology really advanced since then? fundamentally, no, perhaps except that the capsule is a bit larger and the electronics are modern, but they are still using, for example, incredibly outdated and environmentally unsound rocket boosters, they are still having difficulties with hy