More Science Talk Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of
Scientific American for the seven days starting December 24,
2008; I am Steve Mirsky. This week on the podcast we'll hear
from Scientific American editor Michael Battaglia on the 40th
anniversary of Apollo 8's historic flight to the moon. And
journalist Emily Anthes talks about her new book, The Instant
Egghead Guide to the Mind. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about
some recent science in the news. First up, Michael Battaglia: He
put together the In-Depth Report for our Web site about the
Apollo 8 mission which orbited the moon, Christmas Eve, 40 years
ago. We spoke in the library at Scientific American. Steve: One
of the things that people still probably don't know about Apollo
8, which was at the time the biggest deal there had ever been in
spaceflight. Steve: Today people remember Apollo 11, but Apollo
8 was the one that really broke ground, because it was the first
mission carrying human beings outside the Earth's orbit.
Battaglia: Correct.