nuclear energy for example. we simply showed the world that we weren t a backward country and we weren t second rate either and i need to pin this to them that. it wasn t until several days after the launch that the soviets realized they had achieved quite a coup which is when procter suddenly went on the offensive. in the us the disappointment was particularly bitter among the people working with friend a friend brown in huntsville alabama from brown had been knocked out of the race or at least was no longer in the running for the winning spot. there was a gathering of. the powers of government and hopeful that at a banquet the night the russians put up their first. and i needn t go into great detail explaining to you. the mood of that banquet when it was announced. the
a banquet the night the russians put up their first. and i needn t go into great detail explaining to you. the mood of that banquet when it was announced. the russian just put up a satellite you know kind of like what black thrown over there but in a little bit. here it was it was shock to shock from brian it was a shock over. there is no secret there verner von brown and the rocketeers there were down in huntsville at the redstone arsenal felt that you know if they d just given us this task we could have beat these guys and and the reality is they probably could ve they did not have the mission to do so and you can kick yourself in the aftermath of that. they simply didn t expect that we would work out well and be able to keep our