Cosmosphere. Did not have a one bit of understanding of Space Exploration when i started here so early on Read Everything i could and today really enjoy early man Space Exploration. So for those of you who havent been to the cosmosphere. That mission was 60 years old yesterday. And so i had a big celebration but here today to talk about eisenhowers role in developing nasa. A lot of people dont really understand the role. The eisenhowers development of the creation of nasa. So i think its an incredibly important topic and the development of nasa something that obviously still resonates today as Space Exploration continues. To go forward but before nasa started the first entity that had oversight of aeronautics in this country was the naca the National Advisory council for aeronautics. It was developed in 1915 luminaries such as the Wright Brothers were part of that initial group, and it was developed to determine or look at how the United States could develop aeronautics coming out of w
Welcome to this session of the texas book festival with h. W. Brandis. My name is steve hair again. I will be doing a q a with bill. 15 minutes after the session phil will be signing books in the book signing campus between the tenth and eleventh down the street. Please patronized the book signing tent in the bookstore, and pleas by the the book which wont be a problem. This is the book, the man who saved the union, Ulysses Grant and war and peace. If you by this book, proceeds will go to support texas libraries and literacy. It is a great book to read and to find a word because. H. W. Brands is the dixon Allan Anderson centennial prof. Of history in austin. His focus has been for many years on American History and politics and his biographies and histories include a number of tremendous books. This is the just the most recent. Also traitor to his class about Franklin Roosevelt, biography of Andrew Jackson called Andrew Jackson. The age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. The Fir
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Wed like to hear from you. Tweet us your feedback, twitter. Com booktv. Now on booktv, from the 17th annual texas book festival many austin, texas, Robert Draper discusses his book titled do not ask what good we do inside the u. S. House of representatives. This is about 45 minutes. Good afternoon. Im evan smith, im the ceo andy editorinchief of the texas tribune. I am pleased to be here with myt old buddy, Robert Draper, av veteran magazine writer and author whose latest book is doy not ask what good we do. Robert is a familiar face around these parts having spent thei meaty, early part of his career as one of texas monthlysil marquee writers, in fact, us being up here together again ise kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage. Rkey [laughter] eing a bit together again is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage. He is currently a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine and National Geographic and a correspondent for gq. His previous books inclu
I am. Carol i am. This is g. W. News live from bali indias Top Court Gives the disputed holy site of ayodhya to hindus the ruling paves the way for him dues to build a temple at the site its hoped that the move will end a decade dont dispute between hindus and muslims or the site but many fear it will raise tensions between the 2 communities also coming up. Germany moxy 30th anniversary all before all of the palin war we take you to the center of the celebrations and reflect on how it changed the lives of so many around the world. And wildfires in the snow 3 decades at least 2 lives and hundreds of thousands to flee their homes the Prime Minister calls the blazes devastating and harassing. I am. Im headed home for a glad you could join me in a landmark ruling indias Top Court Declares a holy site claimed by both hindus and muslims belongs to hindus now the ruling paves the way for a temple to be built at the site which stands in the state of. A separate piece of land is to be given to