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What Next: TBD | Are We Over the Moon?

What Next: TBD | Are We Over the Moon?

Update: 2026-01-04
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The Trump administration wants NASA to land astronauts on the moon by 2027. They also want them to do it with their budget slashed, a leadership carousel and competing views that Mars is more important. 




Guest: Joel Achenbach, freelance journalist and author of Moondoggle



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What Next: TBD | Are We Over the Moon?

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