NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, part 2 of 3
- Series
- NOVA
- Episode
- To the Moon
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, part 2 of 3
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-0g3gx45v0s
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- Description
- Program Description
- This remarkably crafted program covers the full range of participants in the Apollo project, from the scientists and engineers who promoted bold ideas about the nature of the Moon and how to get there, to the young geologists who chose the landing sites and helped train the crews, to the astronauts who actually went - not once or twice, but six times, each to a more demanding and interesting location on the Moon's surface. "To The Moon" includes unprecedented footage, rare interviews, and presents a magnificent overview of the history of man and the Moon. To the Moon aired as NOVA episode 2610 in 1999.
- Raw Footage Description
- Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, and space scientist who worked on the Apollo program, is interviewed about the Apollo program. He explains the necessity of having Apollo 12 land exactly where they planned, which required additional training. El-Baz calls Pete Conrad a "wild card" and credits his constant chatter with providing a great play-by-play of events on the moon. He also describes the photographs from the Apollo 11 mission as a "treasure trove", and explains the Apollo 14 mission's difficulties in finding their landing site, and its negative impact on the mission. On Apollo 15, the first J-mission, El-Baz explains the site selection, as well as the site selection for Apollo 17, and talks about the need for manned lunar missions, instead of relying on robots. El-Baz calls Apollo 16 the most interesting mission because its site was not as expected. As the Apollo program wound down, the scientists were more insistent on getting good information, and El-Baz says that Apollo 17 was the most scientifically interesting mission because of its discovery of orange soil, which led to later issues and discoveries. El-Baz talks about working with Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt, and talks about the significance of having a scientist on the moon as a realization of early Apollo program goals. Final shots include B-roll of El-Baz talking.
- Created Date
- 1998-00-00
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- History
- Technology
- Science
- Subjects
- American History; Gemini; apollo; moon; Space; astronaut
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:22:40
- Credits
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Interviewee: El-Baz, Farouk, 1938-
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 52081 (barcode)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:22:41
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Identifier: cpb-aacip-15-0g3gx45v0s.mp4 (mediainfo)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:22:40
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, part 2 of 3 ,” 1998-00-00, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 4, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-0g3gx45v0s.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, part 2 of 3 .” 1998-00-00. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 4, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-0g3gx45v0s>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, part 2 of 3 . Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-0g3gx45v0s