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Apollo missions and Lunar Roving Vehicles

2021/7/5
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Today we talk with Journalist Earl Swift. Earl’s latest book, Across the Airless Wilds: *The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings, *is the follow-up to his acclaimed New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem. In it he investigates the final three Apollo Moon landings, arguing that these overlooked missions, distinguished by the use of the revolutionary Lunar Roving Vehicle, were the pinnacle of human exploration. Today’s interview is hosted by Royal Institution of Australia Editor-in-Chief Ian Connellan.

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