crimea to have an objective look at what was going on. russia is a member of those organizations. he can strike this defiant pose. but what russia can t do in a globalized economy, of course, is to isolate their economy. and that s i think really where the leverage is here. someone wrote in a column the other day, i think in the new york times that in 1968, of course, in august of 1968, the russians invaded czechoslovakia. but and there wasn t the question is, what happened to the russian stock market then? nothing happened because they didn t have a stock market. russia is integrated in the international economy right now and that s where the leverage is. tom donilon, thank you very much. very important words. lots more ahead. we ve got a great panel standing by to look more closely at russia s motivations in this crisis. i have some of the best russian experts in the world. there s a saying around here, you stand behind what you say.
way we ve seen, not taking any steps towards diplomatic resolution, i think you ll see the krueuropeans support the sanctions. i want to make one point here in terms of their analysis. putin can stand aside politically, try to carve out this defiant, if you will, posture to the world politically. he s obviously rejecting he was part of rejecting a u.n. observer and ose observer in crimea to have an objective look at what was going on. russia is a member of those organizations. he can strike this defiant pose. what russia can t do in a globalized economy, of course, is to isolate their economy. and that s i think really where the leverage is here. someone wrote in a column the other day, i think in the new york times that in 1968, of course, in august of 1968, the russians invaded czechoslovakia. but and there wasn t the question is, what happened to the russian stock market then? nothing happened because they didn t have a stock market. russia is integrated in the international
astronaut, not a cosmonaut, would be the first to fly around the moon. it was one of the big gambles that nasa at the direction of the president took in order to establish that america was better than the soviet union. a big gamble indeed. and for all, it was less than two years before that apollo 1 demonstrated just how complex every mission was. nobody knew that better than frank hormen, the point man in the apollo investigation. nasa tapped him to man the latest mission. i was called back, will you volunteer to take apollo 8 to the moon? i said, yes, we would be happy to. we found out that we would be going to the moon in august of 1968. we were sort of at the last minute, you know, just several months before we were scheduled to launch. but that s what we were being asked to do, so it wasn t for our to reason why. do or die not just for the three astronauts.
astronaut, not a cosmonaut, would be the first to fly around the moon. it was one of the big gambles that nasa at the direction of the president took in order to establish that america was better than the soviet union. a big gamble indeed. and for all, it was less than two years before that apollo 1 demonstrated just how complex every mission was. nobody knew that better than frank hormen, the point man in the apollo investigation. nasa tapped him to man the latest mission. i was called back, will you volunteer to take apollo 8 to the moon? i said, yes, we would be happy to. we found out that we would be going to the moon in august of 1968. we were sort of at the last minute, you know, just several months before we were scheduled to launch. but that s what we were being asked to do, so it wasn t for our to reason why. do or die not just for the three astronauts.
nobody knew that better than frank goreman, a p oi nt man in the investigation. nasa taped him with the mission. i was called back, will you volunteer to take apolo 8 to the moon? i said yes, we would be happy to. we found out we would be going to the moon in august of 1968. we were sort of at the last minute, just several. months before we were scheduled to launch, but that is what we were asked to do. ours is not the reason why, but to do or die. do or die not just for the three astronauts. it was 1968 and it ended with a space disaster. it could end america s lunar requestsa quest to good. it occurred to me if it was successful we would be a monument to the failure. apolo 8 launched pr kennedy space center in florida. we have liftoff. just over two and a half