The Moon

The Why Factor

• Episode: The Moon
• Website: The Why Factor
• Feed URL: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p00xtky9.rss
• Duration: 00:17:59
• Published: 2015-01-03 15:45

The moon has fascinated humans everywhere and for all time. Why? Mike Williams explores the moon in culture, how it affects life on Earth and he asks Alan Bean – one of the handful of people who have walked on it – what the moon is really like.

Produced by Richard Knight

Image shows a full moon as seen from the sky at night. Credit: AFP/Getty Images