Is featuring highlights from the cspan cities tour with the support of our cable partners. The mission was peace through deterrence. Our job was to project a credible threat, to be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly and with enough force that we would devastate the soviet union even if they had launched their missiles first. Were at the Titan Missile museum in arizona about 25 miles south of Downtown Tucson and were in the Launch Control center of the missile site. Thats essentially the nerve center of the missile site itself. From here, using all of this equipment, the crew has a birds eye view of the condition of the missile and of the missile site. They first have to receive a launch order telling them to execute their missile and what time theyre going to do that. And in order for them to do that theyre going to need two keys, two launch keys. One lau
Yvonne the titan iis mission was peace through deterrent. Our job was to project a credible threat. To be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly and with enough force to devastate the soviet union, even if they launched their missiles first. We are at the Titan Missile museum 25 miles south of downtown tucson. We are in the Launch Control center of the missile site. That is essentially the nerve center of the missile site itself. From here, using all this equipment, the crew has a birds eye view of the condition of the missile and the missile site. Then it is also from here that the crew would launch the missile if they were ordered to do so. So, in order to launch a titan ii missile, the crew needs a number of things. First of all they have to , receive a launch order that will tell them to execute their missile and what time they will do that. In order for
This weekend, the cspan cities tour is visiting tucson looking at the citys history. We are headed to a former Nuclear Missile site, located 25miles south of town. It was shut down in the late 1980s near the end of the cold war. Today, it is home to the Titan Missile museum. We will learn about cold war era history. Yvonne the titan iis mission was peace through deterrent. Our job was to project a credible threat. To be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly with enough force to devastate the soviet union, even if they launched their missiles first. We are at the Titan Missile museum 25 miles south of downtown tucson. We are in the Launch Control center of the missile site. The nerve center of the missile site itself. From here, using the equipment, the crew has a birds eye view of the condition of the missile and the missile site. It is also from here that t
Us. It can release adrenaline just when we need it to avoid danger or accomplish a goal. But too much stress can be a problem. It can throw you off your game, even make you sick. So knowing how to avoid being overstressed is something every one of us needs to have in our toolkit. And thats why were talking today with dr. Megan jones. Shes a psychologist from stanford university. Hi, doctor. Hi. Okay, whenever i have to take a big test, i feel lots of stress. Well, i think we all feel lots of stress before a big test, but what you can do is actually Pay Attention to the thoughts that are making you feel so stressed. So, the way that we think affects how we feel, and you might want to pause and go somewhere where you have some privacy, take a few minutes, and write down your thoughts. So write down, im not gonna do well on this test, i fail, i havent studied hard enough whatever those thoughts are that are making you stressed. Then, try to think positively and think confidently. So what
Thoughts that are making you feel so stressed. So, the way that we think affects how we feel, and you might want to pause and go somewhere where you have some privacy, take a few minutes, and write down your thoughts. So write down, im not gonna do well on this test, i might fail, i havent studied hard enough whatever those thoughts are that are making you stressed. Then, try to think positively and think confidently. So what you tell yourself really matters. So lets go back to that stress thought, i cant do this. What can you say instead . So revise that thought to, im gonna do well if i try hard enough, or, i can do this i just need to focus. Things that make you feel more confident will help reduce that stress. Interesting. So now ive made myself feel any other tips you can give me . Yes, a great inthemoment tool for reducing your stress is to focus on your breathing. You can do that in a lot of different ways, but one tool that i find to be really easy and effective is counting you