Mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and im particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. We stand in need of all three. We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. The despite the striking fact that most of the scientists the world has ever known are alive and working today. Despite the fact this nations own manpower is doubling every 10 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole. Despite that, the vast stretch
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
My name is john charles. I will be your moderator. I retired from nasa a year and a half ago. I have been living at my childhood families, playing here with the artifacts. It gives me the opportunity to sit on the stage with heroes of the apollo era. People who did the work i only dreamed of doing. We have with those two individuals who worked during the Lunar Service service exploration activities. That was the work done on the moon. Its the reason for the apollo moon missions. Not just to have a big rocket or their landing. The objective was to get to the moon and to the moon and do something useful. Arthur schmidt, who goes by larry, who was involved in the operations activities. Laterally on the missions, helping navigate the lunar rover. When dell mandel. He is an icon of lunar science as far as the early days. He came out here in 1963 and it was here for the lunar landings. Mendell has been responsible for understanding the lunar landings and rewriting the test books about what t
Tranquility base, the eagle has landed. 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 American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern life. For the next three hours, where live from the national air and space museum from washington, d. C. Knowan call us and let us your impressions of apollo 11 if you watched the moon landing. 202 7488000 for all others 202 7488001. Panwj yourst cs thoughts and impressions. You can do the same on facebook. Com cspan. 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. 20,moon landing on july 1969. Step by Neil Armstrong at about 10 4 56 p. M. On july 20. About 10 56 p. M. On july 20. Astronauts returning to earth on july 24,
Tranquility base, the eagle has landed. 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 American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern life. For the next three hours, where live from the national air and space museum from washington, d. C. Knowan call us and let us your impressions of apollo 11 if you watched the moon landing. 202 7488000 for all others 202 7488001. Panwj yourst cs thoughts and impressions. You can do the same on facebook. Com cspan. 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. 20,moon landing on july 1969. Step by Neil Armstrong at about 10 4 56 p. M. On july 20. About 10 56 p. M. On july 20. Astronauts returning to earth on july 24,