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it's been 50 years since Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin took a giant leap in

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space exploration by setting foot on the
Moon. Now, NASA's making plans to send

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people back there by 2024, paving the way for future exploration of Mars. But wait

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a minute! What's so special about our Moon anyway?

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Hi, I'm Jim Green, NASA's Chief Scientist.
In this season of NASA's Gravity Assist

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podcast, we'll be exploring the Moon as
we've never done before. We'll look at

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its mysteries, its origins. Why do we even
have a Moon? Why are scientists so

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excited about getting samples and
bringing them back for analysis? Can we

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go and drink the water? It's frozen in
those permanently shadowed craters in

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the North and South Poles. Some of the
world's top experts on the Moon will

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share their knowledge and perspectives.
We'll also let you, the listeners, ask