4 chapters across the catalog
NASA has announced changes to the Artemis program, moving the Artemis 2 launch to April due to technical issues with helium in the upper stage. Artemis 3 has been downgraded from a lunar landing to an orbital mission around Earth. Two new landing missions, Artemis 4 and 5, are now scheduled for 2028 as the agency attempts to accelerate its pace.
A news report reveals that a moon rock collected during the Apollo missions actually contains minerals like quartz and zircon that are common on Earth but rare on the moon. Scientists suggest the rock was launched from Earth by an asteroid impact billions of years ago and eventually landed on the moon. The hosts, expressing long-standing skepticism about the moon landings, find the "Earth rock on the moon" explanation suspicious.
Mission Control Restoration, Media Editing, Failure Is Not An Option
An example of media manipulation is demonstrated using a clip about the restoration of Apollo's Mission Control. By cutting the audio before the famous phrase "failure is not an option," the meaning of the segment is inverted to suggest the room represents American failure. This serves as a technical demonstration of how news organizations can misrepresent subjects through selective editing.
Sir Rick Olson, NASA Van Allen Belt Radiation
Rick Olson was inducted into the No Agenda Round Table as a Knight. The discussion shifted to NASA's recent Orion mission and the discovery of a new radiation belt. NASA's explanations for how Apollo astronauts survived the Van Allen belts—by "not lingering"—are met with skepticism by those who question the technical feasibility of the original moon landings compared to modern safety standards.
