Donovan, his book, shoot for the moon, the extraordinary voyage of apollo 11, mr. Donovan before we get to july of 1969, lets start 1957, 1958, what was the effect on this country . The first artificial satellite created a sensation in this country. People went crazy. They somehow out science to us. We were stunned. People started wondering what was next, bombs coming down, Nuclear Bombs from the next larger satellite . Space stations with nuclear missiles. It created nasa a year later, we had to respond somehow. It was the height of the cold war, which a lot of people now do not understand how tense everything was. A lot of people thought world war iii was starting. To the fact that sputnik happened, did we have a Space Program at all at that point . Space might be stretching it. We had a satellite program. You may of heard burner from ground, that was a nazi in charge of the v2 program for germany. We scooped him up and a lot of other scientists and engineers and brought them over he
Social events. We had governors only breakfast. Governor herbert, i think i could speak for everyone in the tabernacle choir which is absolutely incredible. So thank about you, the first lady, the last couple days, hosting is that the capital, a wonderful office building. We kick off the one instruction to me about americas Space Program is i cant take this my 12yearold son so im not allowed to touch it but to get a start i will recognize my friend and nga vice chair cover hogan of maryland. Good morning, everybody. We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of apollo 11 and the moon landing represents one of humanitys greatest achievements. And what we cannot see, the years of painstaking work. They made this journey to the stars possible. It is a feat of American Ingenuity and spirit. At the heart of this effort were the men and women of americas Space Program. It is a great opportunity to say thank you. In maryland we have the Goddard Space Flight Center which is home to Hubble Space T
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