china landed on the far side at no technical feet and jack schmidt he was on apollo 17 an actual geologist who taught the other astronauts was supposed to be on apollo 18 which was canceled and he argues apollo 18 should land on the far side of the moon and put up the communication satellite modules arguing that in 1969 and then the chinese ended up doing it. they want to dominate the moon and i was going to mention the israeli probe which is fascinating it was privately funded israeli space agency did provide some tracking that was funded by entrepreneurs built by a private company unfortunately it crashed on the moon but it did get to the moon. what is interesting, if i can get buzz aldrin who has a chapter, he advocates the idea that you basically have a spaceship that goes out to the moon then gravity swings back to the earth and it stops that would be a cheaper way to set up a cycler then you just go up and meet it he set up one for mars also i think that was a little more difficult to do but the israeli one use that concept to start off in earth orbit and then goes out like this and

to give the very best people on the surface of the moon, from the scientific perspective were jack schmidt, a professional geologist on apology -- apollo 17. he is still active today, talking about leader research. the second one i want to mention is john young, who is more famous for being the super astronaut space shuttle pilot, apollo pilot, a legend on the astronaut corps. he was a really good student of geology. the scientists who sent them to the apollo 16 site told him to look for a certain kind of rock there. that is what they wanted. he got there and said those kinds of rocks are not here. there is another kind of rock. they said shut up, and pick up the rocks we want. astronauts collected the sample and when all the way back home. john young argued in the back about as to what they saw on site. when they got home, the geologists were wrong and john young was right. the other one was dave scott apollo 15. he was a tremendous student of geology, is still around today and did some amazing things around the site. operation, which was tonned, was also designed return specific scientif

china of course lanked on the far side, and by the way, quite a technical feat and jack schmidt who wase apollo 17. he was originally scheduled for apollo 18 and he argued apollo 18 to land on the tar side of the moon. he was argue that in 1969, '70 and the chinese did it. yes, the chinese want to dominate the moon. india is doing some very interesting stuff as well and i would mention the israeli probe which is fascinating because it was privately funded. the israeli space agency provided tracking but it was funded by entrepreneurs, built by a private company. unfortunately crashed on the moon but got to the moon. what is interesting and this is something i have to talk to you -- if i can get buzz aldrin who has a chapter -- he advocates the used of a cycle ever, -- the idea of a cycler. you have a space ship that goes to me heaven and then gravity swimmings back to the earth and stops and then gravity swings back to the moon, and going like that and he says that would be a cheaper way of setting up a cycler and then all you have to do is meet it and -- and set up one for mars, too muc