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
The Impossible Mission to the moon. Its written by Charles Fishman titles the curious mind, the walmart effect into the big thirst. Hes a winner of the most prestigious prize in the latest to be in houston and its almost always because of space, so tonight is a nice night. Sunday afternoon july 20, 1969 it was about 215 central time. Neil armstrong and buzz aldrin were in their spaceship in the lunar module and they were getting ready to fly from the lunar orbit around the moon to Tranquility Base to the surface. That last leg of the 240,000mile journey would take just 13 minutes from 50,000 feet to the surface of the moon. The first three minutes of the 13 minutes went perfectly normally. The last ten minutes were a cascade of problems. You might not have even noticed the problems if you were listening live because that is the bait astronauts and Mission Control word. The first problem is that as armstrong and aldrin swooped down towards the moon, they were looking out the window and
Hello, everybody. Thanks for joining. On behalf of the bookstore im pleased to introduce tonights event with the new look young castro the making of a revolutionary in conversation with the ambassador. Before we get started i want to encourage everyone to check out the schedule. For example june 25, ash carter will discuss his new book inside box lessons from a lifetime leadership in the pentagon. And on july 8, Charles Fishman will present one giant leap that flew us to the moon. After the talk we will time for questions from the audience and we are pleased to have cspan book tv. Asking questions please know you will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking your questions. After the qanda we will have a signing at the table and we have Copies Available for purchase in the next room. Your choice to purchase books supports the series and ensures the landmark of independent bookstores, so we thank you for that and also thank you for silencing y
Hello, everybody. Thanks for joining. On behalf of the bookstore im pleased to introduce tonights event with the new look young castro the making of a revolutionary in conversation with the ambassador. Before we get started i want to encourage everyone to check out the schedule. For example june 25, ash carter will discuss his new book inside box lessons from a lifetime leadership in the pentagon. And on july 8, Charles Fishman will present one giant leap that flew us to the moon. After the talk we will time for questions from the audience and we are pleased to have cspan book tv. Asking questions please know you will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you before asking your questions. After the qanda we will have a signing at the table and we have Copies Available for purchase in the next room. Your choice to purchase books supports the series and ensures the landmark of independent bookstores, so we thank you for that and also thank you for silencing y
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