Why the world is still chasing the moon

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Amitabh Sinha, Deputy Editor, The Indian Express to discuss the Chandrayaan 3 mission, the reasons behind countries' renewed interest in lunar exploration, how the moon might serve as a launchpad for deep space exploration, and the possibility of private entities joining in lunar exploration.

Edited and mixed by Abhishek Kumar

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Introducing Amitabh Sinha
Why do countries want to go to the moon again (00:43)
Using the moon as a launchpad to go deeper into space (04:08)
Who owns the moon (07:10)
Pushing the envelope of science (10:21)
Objectives of Chandrayaan 3 (13:12)
Will we see private exploration into the moon (14:36)