NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William K. Hartmann, Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Planetary Science Institute, part 3 of 3
- Series
- NOVA
- Episode
- To the Moon
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-599z03088w
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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
- William K. Hartmann, Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Planetary Science Institute, is interviewed about the potential for returning to the moon, and how he became interested in the moon. Hartmann says that humans should return to the moon, and thinks that a primary question to investigate would be the frequency of the impacts that created the moon: are the impacts that created the moon frequent or do they happen infrequently, and what does that mean for the Earth? Tests and investigations so far, according to Hartmann, tend to be focused on disproving theories rather than proving theories, and he calls for more tests that prove theories of the lunar origins. Hartmann describes his own origins in the theory of planetary science, which he says is a relatively new field, and talks about learning about the impact theory of the moon after picking up Ralph Baldwin's "The Face of hte Moon" as a child.
- Created Date
- 1998
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- History
- Technology
- Science
- Subjects
- American History; Gemini; apollo; moon; Space; astronaut
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:10:02
- Credits
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Interviewee: Hartmann, William Kenneth, 1939-
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-07c0cff9dcb (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:10:02
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Identifier: cpb-aacip-b2bf60cd013 (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:10:02
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William K. Hartmann, Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Planetary Science Institute, part 3 of 3 ,” 1998, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 26, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-599z03088w.
- MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William K. Hartmann, Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Planetary Science Institute, part 3 of 3 .” 1998. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 26, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-599z03088w>.
- APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William K. Hartmann, Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Planetary Science Institute, part 3 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-15-599z03088w