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Space Policy Edition: The Home Front During Apollo (with Emily Margolis)

Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 6 p.m.

b'Did the public support Project Apollo? Dr. Emily Margolis joins the show to explore the domestic politics and cultural impact of the space age throughout the 1960s. Despite the success of the lunar landings, there was more opposition to Apollo than we generally remember. Chief Advocate Casey Dreier also provides an update on some important developments in the U.S. Congress on the eve of their August recess\\u2014including some potentially good budget news for NASA. More resources about this month\\u2019s topics are at http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/space-policy-edition-40.html\\xa0Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'