About this episode

The episode discusses the unexpected connections between the Apollo missions and various social movements in the 1960s.

With its lavishly funded mandate to put a man on the moon, the Apollo mission promised to reinvigorate a country that had lost its way. But a new breed of activists denounced it as a colossal waste of resources needed to solve pressing problems at home. Neil Maher reveals that there were actually unexpected synergies between the space program and the budding environmental, feminist and civil rights movements as photos from space galvanized environmentalists, women challenged the astronauts’ boys club and NASA’s engineers helped tackle inner city housing problems. Head over to our Government That Doesn’t Suck YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@GovernmentThatDoesntSuck If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Government That Doesn’t Suck to never miss an episode! Government That Doesn’t Suck is a Rewind Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios Follow us on Social Instagram: @RewindStudios TikTok: @RewindStudios YouTube: @GovenmentThatDoesntSuck

People in this episode

Host: Government That Doesn't Suck

Guest: Neil Maher

Topics covered

• Apollo missions
• NASA
• activism
• environmentalism
• feminism
• civil rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Government That Doesn’t Suck, Rewind Studios, PAVE Studios

Places: moon

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