{"id":64244,"date":"2026-08-15T12:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/?guid=b526883adf3639d6d7f5de31ac376416"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:08:27","slug":"this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-223-the-lunar-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2026\/08\/15\/this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-223-the-lunar-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Space podcast: Episode 223 \u2014 The Lunar Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                            \n                            <article>\n                                <div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet ><div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sUicyWGhgxM\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\/episodes\/223?autostart=false\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Episode 223 of This Week In Space<\/a>, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Dale Skran are joined by Dr. Scott Pace to discuss the future of exploration on the Moon.<\/p><p>We're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US, China, and international partners of both are vying to  land people there and construct a permanent lunar base. Meanwhile, NASA  is evolving to embrace commercial enterprise unlike any time in its  past, and American lunar efforts are lagging. <\/p><p>What are the stakes? Does  it matter who returns humans there first? What does the future of lunar  commerce look like? Dr. Scott Pace, the Director of the Space Policy  Institute at George Washington University, joins us.<\/p><p><strong>Download or subscribe<\/strong> to this show at:<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space<\/a>.<br><br>Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit<\/a> <\/p><h2 id=\"space-news-of-the-week\">Space news of the week<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/elliott.gwu.edu\/scott-pace\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Dr. Scott Pace<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"model-falcon-9\">Model Falcon 9!<\/h2><div  class=\"fancy-box\"><div class=\"fancy_box-title\">TOP TELESCOPE PICK:<\/div><div class=\"fancy_box_body\"><figure class=\"van-image-figure \"  ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img id=\"cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5\" name=\"celestron top telescope.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"A Celestron telescope on a white background\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Celestron)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">Looking for a telescope to see planets and comets? We recommend the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=72128&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2Fdp%2FB01L0EQLTI%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dspace-us-4730590304221485000-20\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Celestron Astro Fi 102<\/a> as the top pick in our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/31229-best-beginner-telescopes.html\">best beginner's telescope guide<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p>Finally, did you know you can launch your own SpaceX rocket? Model rocket maker Estes' <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-estes-model-rocket\">stunning scale model of a Falcon 9 rocket<\/a> that you can pick up now. The launchable model is a detailed recreation of the Falcon 9 and retails for $149.99. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/estesrockets.com\/product\/002161-spacex-falcon-9\/\" >save 10% by using the code IN-COLLECTSPACE at checkout<\/a>, courtesy of our partners collectSPACE.com.<\/p><h2 id=\"about-this-week-in-space\">About This Week In Space<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >This Week in Space<\/a> covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars? <\/p><p>Join Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/\" >Space.com<\/a> as they tackle those questions and more each week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/article>\n                            \n                        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Episode 223 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Dale Skran are joined by Dr. Scott Pace to discuss the future of exploration on the Moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2800,2805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-space-movies-amp-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64278,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64244\/revisions\/64278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}