The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Astronauts and explorers including Brian Blessed, Sir Patrick Stewart, Nicole Stott and Charlie Duke, reveal the wonders, and challenges, of traveling into space. Brian Cox and Robin Ince have delved into the Monkey Cage back catalogue to hear from astronauts and some very well known would-be space explorers, about their passion for space travel. Brian Blessed has been dreaming of visiting Mars since the age of six, but will he ever reach the red planet? Sir Patrick Stewart has warp sped across the galaxy as Captain Picard, but has it ignited a real yearning to explore the final frontier? NASA’s Nicole Stott explains her feeling of awe when she first saw the earth as a little blue dot and Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke talks about breaking a high jump record during the ‘moon Olympics’ and why mission control were less than amused. Episodes featured: Series 8: Space Tourism Series 7: Space Exploration Series 24: Astronauts Series 16: Astronaut special Series 22: An Astronaut’s Guide to Isolation New episodes will be released on Wednesdays, but if you’re in the UK, listen to new episodes, a week early, first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF Producer: Marijke Peters Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	You're about to listen to an episode of the Infinite Monkeys Guide 2.
0:09.1	Episodes will be released on Wednesdays wherever you get your podcasts, but if you're
0:12.3	in the UK, you can listen to new episodes a week early, first on BBC Sounds.
0:17.1	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:18.3	I'm Robert Inz.
0:19.3	And welcome to the Infinite Monkeys Guide 2 space travel.
0:22.7	And this is one of Brian's favourite subjects.
0:25.6	If you could see his library, I mean it's not a very big library, but what it has got
0:29.4	in it are all the leading books on space exploration.
0:32.5	He's got the Lady Bird Guide to Rocket Ships.
0:35.1	Not just one, he's got the 1961 edition, the 1963 edition, he's got an extra edition
0:40.2	so he can cut it out and make it a little collager space ships.
0:43.2	He's got three space 1999 annuals, though it does now seem that space 1999 was a bit ahead
0:49.5	of itself, predicting that 24 years ago the moon would start speeding through space and
0:54.6	meeting all manner of alien creatures, both kind and cruel.
0:58.9	It is very seriously, I would say the finest science fiction series on television.
1:05.6	Oh, I love it.
1:07.2	And also, you've got the costume, haven't you?
1:09.8	You dress in the flares sometimes, I've got a Martyn Lando outfit.
1:13.6	We're not going to say anything just for a few seconds.
1:16.2	Just so the audience listening can start just putting on that little dress up doll of
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