Africa. Has been earths Constant Companion for 4 and a half 1000000000 years. Now its finally back in the focus of science almost 50 years after man lost set foot on the moon. As more people are the percent of the total people on the surface that were not alive when that we had a lesson or landing in that wall and we havent done the next thing and some people say been there done that but what we havent done is we just touched the ground planted a flag and left it right we havent really lived we havent explored surely if you want to commit the money to it like we did over apollo you could do it in probably to the years easy we did it great years. 2 words. Now scientists are concentrating on ways to grow food produce energy and make sure theyre. All over the world researchers are working on a return to the moon and the chance to be able to stay there longer. We have to use the moon operationally understand. How to live and work on the planet if you live there are many ideas but actually
One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landings, chase washington journal along with cspan American History tv, will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern spaceflight. For the next three hours we are live at the national air and space musician museum in washington, where well talk about apollo 11 with historians, the module pilot collins, and you. You can let us know you impression of the moon landing, and you want to talk about that day, you impressions of, it tool to 7000, two or two seven assions of the 50th 202 7488000. For all will be based here from the national air and space museum. A couple of facts about the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission. It was Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin, and Michael Collins the team for that day. The launch took place july 16, 1969. The moon landing on july 20, 1969. The first step by Neil Armstrong at about 10 4 56 p. M. On july 20. At about 10 56 p. M. On july 20. Astronauts returning to e
Stand out. Where were you when . I had an awful lot of great brakes related to apollo 11. It was the day i got the assignment to do the landing phase. One of the responsibilities of the lead flight director is to identify which flight director is going to cover which phase of the mission. Im moving in their, we would have been flight directors on gemini and are actually coming back together again. You had probably the three most experienced people at the consult and it was a question of who was going to get to do what. Had been to the moon a couple of times. I had the lunar module experience. So you had no particular driver that says this person ought to be doing this phase of the mission. The division chief at the time had been really on top of us to nail down who is going to do what, until finally after the apollo 9 mission we all managed to get together and charles had to make the calls. I called him and said cliff, weve got to make a decision on which flight directors going to cove
One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern spaceflight. For the next three hours we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. Where we will talk about apollo 11 with historians, command module pilot Michael Collins and you. You can call us and let us know your impressions of apollo 11 if you watched the moon landing and you want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspan wj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary, do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based here from the national air and space museum. A couple facts about the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission, it was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and Michael Collins, the team for that day. The launch
Apollo 11 in a very direct fashion was the day that i got the assignment to do the landing phase. Cliff charles worth was the lead flight director. One of the responsibilities of the lead flight director is to identify which flight director is going to cover which phase of the mission. And moving in there, this was the First Mission where in apollo now, where we had been flight directors on gemini, we were coming back together again. So you had probably the three most experienced people at the koi council, and it was a question of who was going to get to do what. Lonnie had been to the moon a couple times. Cha charl charlesworth had launched saturns. I had lunar experience. You had no driver that said this person ought to be doing this phase of the mission. I was division chief at that time and kraft had been really on top of us to nail down who is going to do what until finally after the apollo 9 mission we all managed to get together, and charlesworth as lead had to make the calls. I