Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Modern space exploration is entering a new phase, marked by renewed lunar ambitions, rising expectations, and hard realities about what it actually takes to return to the Moon. This episode looks at what feels genuinely historic, what may be overhyped, and what current missions reveal about the future of spaceflight beyond simple nostalgia for earlier eras, featuring science writer and communicator Matt Williams in conversation with John Michael Godier on Event Horizon.

Matt's work:
amazon.com/The-Formist-Series/dp/B0BCZCYHXZ
sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/edited-volume/abs/pii/B978032391637000007X
muckrack.com/storybywill
universetoday.com/articles/nasa-to-return-spacex-crew-ahead-of-schedule


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FOOTAGE:
NASA
ESA/Hubble
ESO - M.Kornmesser
ESO - L.Calcada
ESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)
NAOJ
University of Warwick
Goddard Visualization Studio
Langley Research Center
Pixabay