Bonus! Moonshot Songs o' the Day: Apollo 16

They Might Be Giants, "Put It to the Test" from Here Comes Science (Space Cadet Mike Papa DSKY)

Commentary: While Young & Duke were on the Moon, news reached them that the U.S. House of Representatives had approved funding of the Space Shuttle, the only part of the ambitious Space Transportation System to survive the Congressional budgeting process. John Young declared:

"The country needs that Shuttle mighty bad, you'll see."

Young would go on to command two Space Shuttle missions, S.T.S.-1 (1981) & S.T.S.-9 (1983).

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National Aeronautics & Space Administration, "Apollo 16 Excerpt 14" from The Apollo Missions (Space Cadet Mike Papa DSKY)