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Returning to the Moon

Ahead of a rocket launch that is preparing the way for astronauts to return to the moon for the first time in 50 years, what is drawing humanity back to the moon?

Ahead of a rocket launch that is preparing the way for astronauts to return to the moon for the first time in 50 years, Sunday Sequence asks what is drawing humanity back to the moon? And should we go? Audrey Carville talks to Dr Niamh Shaw at NASA鈥檚 Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, cultural anthropologist Dr Deana Weibel who has studied the influence of religion as a motivator for space travel, and Professor John Barry who specialises in green political economy.

Bishop Andrew Forster explains why leaders of the largest Christian churches across Ireland have come together to share what they call their 'deep concern' at both the situation on the ground and governments' responses to the cost of living pressures being felt by rising prices.

500 years ago, the priest Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German. What did he hope to achieve, and what has been the lasting impact? And Jemar Tisby reflects on the protests that followed the murder of African American George Floyd by white police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, and the challenge for churches to react.

1 hour, 7 minutes

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Sun 28 Aug 2022 09:03

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  • Sun 28 Aug 2022 09:03