China Lands on the "Dark Side" of the Moon

China Lands on the "Dark Side" of the Moon

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 977 , Segment 3

Episode: National Debt, Alaska Musher, Dark Side of the Moon

  • Jan 3, 2019 11:00 pm
  • 13:41 mins

Guest: Mike Joner, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University. China this week became the first country to land on the dark side of the moon. The robot lander will shed light on the mysterious moonscape that’s always facing away from earth, hidden from view. Exactly fifty years ago, the American crew of Apollo 8 were the first humans to lay eyes on the far side of the moon when they made it into lunar orbit. Here’s some cockpit audio of the crew scrambling to photograph another incredible sight as they came out from behind the moon.

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Guest: Doug Criscitello, Executive Director, Center for Finance and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The ongoing budget dispute and government shutdown in Washington is not really about money. It’s about politics –President Trump trying to fulfill a campaign promise to build the wall and Democrats hoping to stop him. What they’re not talking about in any serious way is the nation’s debt –that even with a strong economy, budget deficits are increasing.  And all that borrowing has a price. The amount of interest America pays on its debt is the fastest growing part of the government’s budget. In less than five years, we’ll be paying more interest on our national debt than we spend on national defense. What does that say about our priorities?