Moon Missions Ranked

Dan and Josh begin a new countdown of the top 10 most important space missions of all time, starting with the back half of the list. They open, as always, with what they’ve been reading—this time a detour through 19th-century travel writing, American manners, Flashman, and George MacDonald Fraser’s gleefully irreverent view of empire, history, and literary adventure. From there, they move into a debate over how space missions should be ranked: technical difficulty, historical importance, astronaut performance, or just excitement.

Missions Discussed in This Episode
10. Faith 7 — 00:25:05 — Manual Mercury reentry
9. Apollo 7 — 00:27:59 — Apollo's first manned flight
8. Apollo 9 — 00:31:59 — First LEM flight
7. Apollo 17 — 00:39:39 — Perfect lunar mission
6. Gemini 8 — 00:46:05 — First space docking
5. Gemini 6A / Gemini 7 — 00:49:48 — First space rendezvous

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