Cemented in history. Im ellee pai hong. And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its superheroes, through the decades. As kids we all aspire be one of these. Not bird or a plane but a superhero. With abilities far beyond those of mere humans and as we grow up our fascination with superheroes doesnt go away. In fact, by judging by the box office reciepts of the past several decades, it only grows bigger. Today, were taking the hour to look at some of our favorite superheroes through the decades, from the caped crusader to wonder woman to your friendly neighborhood spiderman. But we begin with one of the most instantly recognizable superheros and the grand daddy of them all superman. Cloaked in blue and red and branded with a bold letter s, an icon that helped shape all the superheroes to come. Up in the sky, look its a bird, its a plane, its superman superman. The preeminent superhero was born from the minds of two teenage boys living in cleveland, ohio; jerry siegel and joe
And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its the cast of characters through the decades. Those funny animated characters from the comics to saturday morning tv. We grew up with them. We couldnt find a more likeable and relatable group. They taught us what was right and wrong, helped us learn how to of course made us laugh. Today we celebrate some of our very favorite characters, through the decades, because even though we may be grown up now, the truth is we never drifted too far away. They still make us think, laugh and dream. So we begin where it all started, in the sunday paper. Where the debut of both tarzan and buck rogers on the same day later, the start of flash gordon in 1934. This trio of champions triggered a whole movement. They are now a staple of sciencefiction and adventure movies fighting blazing battles of good and evil in highflying spaceships and in exotic kingdoms but hollywood didnt bring them to life. They first captured our imaginations in a very differ
One with a pedigree of nasa and aerospace history, which is deep abroad and will have a fascinating discussion today. Let me start out, dr. Bilberry to my right is a current nasa chief historian from nasa from watching nbc roger,right is dr. Currently the associate director of collection and Territorial Affairs at the smithsonian institution. To his right is dr. Eric conway, the gpl historian and former langley historian. He spent time here before we sent them out to jpl. Current glenn, the history and nasa ames. Let me introduce you dr. Bill barry from headquarters will moderate our panel, and give us the beginnings of a great story. Thanks, bill. [applause] thanks, walt. Good afternoon, everybody. This is a great opportunity for us all to learn about viking and what happened 40 years ago. I imagine that 40 years ago today, on the 19th of july 1976, there was a lot of nailbiting and concern going on in the langley area and perhaps the other side of the coast out in california. For goo
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