The Never-Ending Space Race 🚀

Are we in a new space race? Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the original space race, from Sputnik through the dawn of NASA and Apollo 11 putting man on the moon, to our contemporary race back to the moon against China with the Artemis Program. Learn how geopolitics influences our spirit of exploration in space and more.

Timestamps:
00:00 - What’s Up with the Space Race?
1:49 - The Start of NASA
2:55 - The Apollo Era
5:52 - We Stopped Going to the Moon
8:32 - The Space Race Against China & The Artemis Program
12:39 - The Artemis Accords

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