1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Here the dupless l nineteen past five. Now we've obviously 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: had a successful lift off. Artemus two launched this morning 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: in the first man trip to the Moon since nineteen 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: seventy two. Mark Rocket is the founder of Kia Aerospace. 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: In the first key, we whoever went to space and 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: is with us Elo Mark, Hello, Heather, Now we're not 7 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: going to land on the moon. Well we I say we, 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: I mean us humans. The humans are not going to 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: land on the Moon. They're just going to do a 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: fly by. What's the value in that? 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, they've got to get things prepared, just like 12 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 2: the Apollo program. There was a bunch of Apollo missions 13 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: before they actually landed on the Moon with a Polo eleven. 14 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: And yeah, this time they're doing a couple of basically 15 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: missions where they are doing stuff in orbit and doing 16 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: a orbit around the Moon, and then they will be 17 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 2: landing on the Moon, hopefully by the end of this decade. 18 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: So what is it that they're doing up there in 19 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: order to make the landing possible. 20 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, there's a lot of work that needs to 21 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 2: be done on the whole new rocket launch system and 22 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 2: they've got a new Orion capsule. So yeah, basically there's 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 2: a whole new systems, a whole lot of new hardware, 24 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 2: and if you look back, it's over fifty years, as 25 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: you said, nineteen seventy two December since someone was actually 26 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: last on the Moon, so it's been a long time 27 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: and they basically had to rebuild the whole program. 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: Oh so if you've let that much time go by, 29 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: you basically have to start from scratch. 30 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: Do you well, I mean, there's certainly some core lessons 31 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: that they've learned along the way, but we're now in 32 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: the sort of digital age, and there's a whole lot 33 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: of new technologies, a whole lot of new materials. We've 34 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: made a lot of improvements in the aerosipace sector, So yeah, 35 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 2: I think they've really benefited from that and made the 36 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 2: rockets a lot more safe, a lot more reliable. But 37 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: it was a pretty gutsy move back in the sixties 38 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: when they did the first Moon program. It was pretty 39 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: basic technology that they had then, and what they achieved 40 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: was remarkable. But yeah, here we are fifty years on 41 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: and we can certainly improve with the latest technologies we 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: have at our disposal. 43 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: Now, do you think that we will actually get this 44 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: moon base that people are talking about, Yeah. 45 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 2: Well there's a lot going on in the world at 46 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 2: the moment, but yeah, I think that is the plan. 47 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: So there's obviously a few more Artemis missions and then 48 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 2: we're going to be doing the actual moon landing. Ultimately, 49 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: there are plans from America to do a moon base. 50 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,119 Speaker 2: China is also doing moon missions, so there does seem 51 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 2: to be renewed interest from at least a couple of 52 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: countries to get back on the Moon. And you know 53 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 2: that it's really opens up the Solar systems once you 54 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: actually get to the Moon, if you've got a base there, 55 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: if you can actually get energy sources from the Moon, 56 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: then that will open up Mars and other places around 57 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 2: the Solar system. 58 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: I see, Hey, Mark, thank you very much, really appreciate it. 59 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: Mark Rockett, who's obviously quite into the old Rockets. For 60 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive listen live to news Talks. 61 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: It'd be from four pm weekdays, one of the podcast 62 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.