Because the space race was a Major Initiative within the cold war. Tminus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Ignition. We are in the campus of the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. I am standing in front of the morehead building, home of the morehead planetarium. Which is now the morehead planetarium and science center. John morgan iii is from a famous North Carolina family. Grandfather was the governor of North Carolina. John morehead iii attended carolina for undergraduate school in chemistry. Made an accidental discovery in a Chemistry Lab as an undergraduate that ultimately led to the founding of Union Carbide and he became an extremely wealthy man, and he conceived of this idea, what he did as a leading Science Education contribution was he built the planetarium. When we opened in 1949, the planetarium was the first one in the south. His contribution was significant. We are also the first planetarium in the world on a university campus. So he visited a planetarium in chi
Chapel hill. Im standing in front of the morehead building. Home of the morehead planetarium, which is now the morehead planetarium and science center. John motley morehead iii, from a famous North Carolina family, the moreheads, his grandfather was governor of North Carolina. John motley morehead iii, attended carolina as undergraduate student in chemist chemistry. Made an accidental discovery in a Chemistry Lab that led to the founding of Union Carbide and from that, he became an extremely wealthy man. And in the 30s when he conceived of this idea, what you did as a leading edge Science Education contribution would be building a planetarium. When we opened in 1949, the morehead planetarium was the first in the south. So his contribution was significant. We were also the first planetarium anywhere in the world on a university campus. So he visited the planetarium in chicago. The hayden planetarium. He also visited zeis, the leading lens manufacturer in the world. They arguably still a
And central time zones, 202 7488001 for mountain and pacific time zones. Appearses as a new poll on the pages of usa today this morning. A story about americans pulled and asked if they wear a face mask. Have worn a mask in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus according to a survey from the democracy fund. Were conducted in this poll. There is a small disparity among age groups. People are slightly less mask, 70 have worn a percent of those 18 from 29. Americans 65 and older say they have worn a mask. To the cdc, here is what they say about face coverings. Individuals with cannavirus symptoms transmit the virus before showing symptoms. This means the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity. Evidence,f this new the cdc recommends wearing cloth faith cover cloth face coverings. Especially in areas of significant communitybased transmission. Those of the cdc recommendations. A couple days ago, it was dr. Deborah birx. She was asked about the importance of we
Here is a look at our recent visit to chapel hill, North Carolina. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story. As we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With the support of our cable partners, we traveled to chapel hill, North Carolina. Over the next hour, we will go to notable locations, speak with experts about the citys history and talk with some history makers themselves. In a moment, the story of the university of North Carolinas planetarium and the role it played in early nasa missions. Following that, in ten minutes, a conversation with howard lee, chapel hills first africanamerican mayor and the first africanamerican mayor elected in a majority white southern city. Then in 30 minlutes, the histor of uncs basketball tour as we tour the Basketball Museum. We will speak with an author on the academic scandal that involved the universitys athletic department. We will end our special with local lawyer rufus edmonston talking about delivering a subpoena to pr
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