271) NASA's Most Expensive Programs

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is always working on something neat, from landing men on the moon, to looking back billions of years through space time with amazing telescopes. On this episode, Nick Emel invites fellow space nerd, Steven Clark, onto the show to discuss the Top 10 Most Expensive NASA Programs to date – including everything from the Apollo missions to the moon-base missions in progress today.  PLUS… fun facts and trivia about each NASA program, the future of humanity, space travel, Wall-E, telescopes today vs. in the past, building a base on the moon, and MUCH more.  WATCH THE FULL VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/_Gy0Uri_LaY ------------------------------------------- PHOTOS: Cassini–Huygens’s images from Saturn’s rings: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3vgTj894FUkNtKMitosBrn-1200-80.jpg James Webb telescope photo # 1: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gu4n3wwr3gEivtzCCAJCXa-1200-80.jpg James Webb telescope photo # 2: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52211883534_f45cb76810_z.jpg ------------------------------------------- NEW BLOOPER REEL! Listen to never-before-heard bloopers and outtakes from the last month of 10ish Podcast episodes. Available exclusively for 10ish Pod+ members at the “Peanut Butter Fiend” membership tier. Sign up or upgrade now at https://www.10ishpod.com/plus ------------------------------------------- NEWSLETTER: https://www.10ishpod.com/newsletter MERCH: https://www.10ishpod.com/merch REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/10ishPod TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@10ishpod X (Twitter): https://www.x.com/10ishpod INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/10ishpod ------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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