Context for todays Public Affairs issues. 1976,rs ago, on july 1, president gerald ford spoke at the opening of the Smithsonians National air and space museum in washington dc. Leading up to the anniversary, reel america is showcasing a series of nasa films. Up next, science reporter suited for space. Half hour nasa tv program, one of 13 produced with m. I. T. And wgbh boston. This episode traces the development of spacesuits, beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support system prototype needed for the apollo moon missions. In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon to conduct mans first real exploration of our oldest satellite. It will have been a long voyage, carrying him far from his native land by effort into a strange native land, planet earth, to a strange and airless world. To survive, he must carry with him a bit of his familiar environment. Engineers are designing a spacesuit that will support astronauts on a roundtrip lunar miss
I mean, no, seriously, its like, when do you get to meet somebody whos actually orbited, whos been in space . Its an extraordinary thing. Do you feel kind of extraordinary most of the time . Well, you know, its something that i was really not prepared for, you know . That sort of attention that we get as people who have flown in space, less now than it used to be, but still significant, was something that i was not quite prepared for. Hinojosa you mean because of the fact that, like, for you, you are the first latino astronaut from the United States, but you actually are from costa rica. Your name. I love your name. So franklin from Franklin Delano roosevelt. Roosevelt, thats right. Hinojosa chang from your grandfather. From china. Hinojosa from china. And diaz from your. Maternal grandfather from spain. Hinojosa from spain. Costa rica, actually. Hinojosa and then costa rica. Yeah. Hinojosa you are, like, the. Little bit of a mix there. Hinojosa what is that like, to. I mean, you say t
Well, what does that have to do with me, sir . Well, youre going to act in the film. Oh, uh. Oh bellows ah, here we are. This is your director mr. Allen kerr. This is, uh, major healey and major nelson. How do you do, sir . [ ] [ ] ii think you have the wrong man. Ive never done any acting, mr. Kerr. Allen. Allen. It wont be necessary for you to do any acting, major. I want the real you. The whole idea. Is to photograph an average day in the life of an average astronaut your home life, everything. My ho my home life . Thats what i said. Ii really dont think it would work, uh. Why not, major . Well, im not an average astronaut. Actually, i dont have a family major nelson, general brinley has asked us for full cooperation. Now, uh, since mr. Kerr has been kind enough its up to us to make everything as easy as possible for him. Theres nothing to worry about, major. As long as you have me behind the camera. Ii do think that perhaps we ought to give it just a little more thought. Did you se
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Ignition. Liftoff. Liftoff. Roger. Feel pressure a little high. Roger. Slightly low, no problem. Roger. Go for staging. Roger, staging. That thrust is looking a little high. Roger. Status check . Go. Go. Guidance . Standby. Go. Go, flight. Roger. Roger. Standby. Standing by. Over 300 feet per second. 7295. 72 is 24860. Roger, no go. You are no go. No go. Do you have a time . Roger, flight area charlie at nine plus 20. Roger. We are going for area charlie. Retrofiring at nine plus 20. Roger. Give me sometimes some times. No swells. Destroyer is the low. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 retro fire. Roger. Fire one. Rocket two. This was not an actual Gemini Mission, nobody left the ground. They did not abort. We have edited together and isolate a launch with shots of Flight Control assimilating the launch. The flight was simulated from a room in the mission construed Center Control center, and flight simulation is done by computers. They will undergo 11 days of simulation flight before march extreme. Earlie