Thats one small step for man. 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 space flight. For the next three hour, we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. , where we will talk about apollo 11 historians and michael collins. You want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspanwj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary. You can do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based to hear from the national air and space museum. A couple of facts of the apollo 11 mission. It was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins, the team for that day and the launch, youll remember took place july 16, 1969, at 9 32, to be exact. The moon landing on july 20, of july 69 at
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Moon, preparations for trips to mars, and for using Nuclear Powered rockets to get there. The u. S. Space command will officially be up and running by the end of this month. Surrounded hereby icons of our nations highest, proudest achievements in space. Ourcouncil is ensuring future achievements are empowered by the past achievements. The things that you will be discussing today will one day be enshrined in this museum. Dont forget about us, we need hardware. Last month that our museum in washington, at the unveiling of Neil Armstrongs apollo 11 ship, Vice President pence spoke about the renewed commitment to human spaceflight. And at the National Air Space museum, we see evidence of that commitment every day. Countless children have stood in this very spot and marveled up at the Space Shuttle discovery, parents,ed to their grandparents or teachers to ask how something so big could fly so high. Our museum is where the country comes to understand its heritage of adventure and discovery,
Even considering changing building heights downtown. Reporter carla brown is one of five city councilmembers and the vice mayor. She says a lot of residents are concerned about the downtown specific plan which would allow for three and four story buildings downtown and open the door for high density housing on main street. The community would change forever, so theres a lot of concerns and as i said we had 250 letters thing they are not supporting dramatic changes like that downtown. We are new to pleasanton and the reasons we moved was because of the downtown area. Reporter carol moved to pleasanton three years ago with her family and says she understands the need for more housing but questions whether downtown is the right area to develop. I think theres a lot of areas that it can be done in and i dont think it should disrupt the quaint area that should be preserved. Reporter a sentiment echoed by many people who were out and about on main street today. It changes the atmosphere, its
Future achievements are empowered by the past achievements. The things that you will be discussing today will one day be enshrined in this museum. Dont forget about us, we need hardware. Last month that our museum in washington, at the unveiling of Neil Armstrongs apollo 11 ship, Vice President pence spoke about the renewed commitment to human spaceflight. And at the National Air Space museum, we see evidence of that commitment every day. Countless children have stood in this very spot and marveled up at the Space Shuttle discovery, parents,ed to their grandparents or teachers to ask how something so big could fly so high. Our museum is where the country comes to understand its heritage of adventure and discovery, and to pass that torch on to new generations. We are at the dawn of a new space age, with a challenge to return to the moon and beyond. The americans who will make those first flights, including the first woman on the moon and the first humans on mars, were not allowed to see