Lets start 1957. What is effective sputnik on the country quick. The first artificial satellite created a sensation and people went crazy. We were stunned. We were wondering what was next. From the next larger satellite space stations of Nuclear Missiles and it created nasa a year later that people now dont understand people thought world war iii was starting. Did the fact that sputnik happened did we have a Space Program at all at that point quick. We had a Satellite Program you may have heard of on brown the may not see in charge of the program we scooped him up and brought him over here under the auspices of a program called operation paperclip air force, navy and had their own program for space. How quickly. Just a couple months later that day wanted to be sure and tested for safety and then the entire space race like it never happened. Did eisenhower get it quick. No. He thought it was a huge waste of time and money. A lot of people did not understand or what would happen because
Absolutely. Heres the good news, we saved the best for last. Welcome with Douglas Brinkley one of the authors who was closest to us because he and his family that are here drove down i. 35 from where they live for todays event. Hes a distinguished professor in humanities at history at Rice University but for the purpose of the conversation today, hes one of the great historians in our country and if you are an armchair historian like im, he is a must read, and ive been reading douglas for years, but i, american moonshot is the best work youve done if i can say so. A really terrific book. There are some younger people in the audience, but i am a cold war baby and catholic at that and i can remember them a interrupting school in second gd drafting school in second grade to announce that the commies have launched sputnik and a month later there was a second announcement that they had launched sputnik 2 and this was a prelude to them coming into the mission classroom and taking over and th
Donovan, his book, shoot for the moon, the extraordinary voyage of apollo 11, mr. Donovan before we get to july of 1969, lets start 1957, 1958, what was the effect on this country . The first artificial satellite created a sensation in this country. People went crazy. They somehow out science to us. We were stunned. People started wondering what was next, bombs coming down, Nuclear Bombs from the next larger satellite . Space stations with nuclear missiles. It created nasa a year later, we had to respond somehow. It was the height of the cold war, which a lot of people now do not understand how tense everything was. A lot of people thought world war iii was starting. To the fact that sputnik happened, did we have a Space Program at all at that point . Space might be stretching it. We had a satellite program. You may of heard burner from ground, that was a nazi in charge of the v2 program for germany. We scooped him up and a lot of other scientists and engineers and brought them over he
Good afternoon to welcome to the seventh annual san antonio book festival. How many have been here all day . Great festival so far. Absolutely. Heres the good news, we saved the best for last. Welcome with Douglas Brinkley one of the authors who was closest to us because he and his family that are here drove down i. 35 from where they live for todays event. Hes a distinguished professor in humanities at history at Rice University but for the purpose of the conversation today, hes one of the great historians in our country and if you are an armchair historian like im, he is a must read, and ive been reading douglas for years, but i, american moonshot is the best work youve done if i can say so. A really terrific book. There are some younger people in the audience, but i am a cold war baby and catholic at that and i can remember them a interrupting school in second gd drafting school in second grade to announce that the commies have launched sputnik and a month later there was a second a
Mister donovan, before we get to july 1969, started 1957, what was the effect of sputnik on this country . Guest the first artificial satellite created a sensation in this country. We went crazy. Somehow they out science us. Started wondering what was next . Bombs coming down . Nuclear bombs . Space stations with Nuclear Missiles . And of course it created nasa a year later. Had to respond somehow at the height of the cold war. A lot of people now dont understand how tense everything was. A lot of people thought world war iii was starting. Host did the fact that sputnik happened, did we have a Space Program at all at that point . Guest space might be stretching it. We had a satellite program. You heard of werner von braun, the nazi in charge of the program in germany. We scooped him up and lots of other scientists and engineers under the auspices of a topsecret program called operation paperclip. He was in charge of one of the programs, air force, navy, army had their own programs for