We accept the risk. We choose to go to the moon and do the other thing, not because they are easy but because they are hard. We have a good many talented scientists but we did not make a major effort in this area for many years and were now paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik. I have marvin cal. Cbs news correspondent in moscow on the phone now. Marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space . Im almost certain the russians did fire a man into the outer space. Hes 27. Its a great historic scientific feat. At that time, we didnt know whether a human could survive in space and here, boom, the soviets send this guy into space and he survived. He was something that affected american progress. That we are ahead of everybody. Now it was first sputnik and now first man in space was russian and you can understand that this was really in the middle of the cold war. There was competition of the great super powers. Pre
Stars were not without tragic setbacks. Youre aware of the risk. We accept the risk. What risks there are. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other thing, not just because they are easy, but because they are hard. We have a good many talented scientists but we did not make a major effort in this area for many years and were now paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik. I have marvin cal. Cbs news correspondent in moscow on the phone now. Marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space . Im almost certain the russians did fire a man into the outer space. Hes 27. Its a great historic scientific feat. At that time, we didnt know whether a human could survive in space and here, boom, the soviets send this guy into space and he survived. He was something that affected american progress. That we are ahead of everybody. Now it was first sputnik and now first man in space was russian and you can underst
Because they are easy but because they are hard. We have a good many talented scientists but we didnt make an effort for many years and were behind and paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik. I have marvin cal. Cbs news correspondent in moscow. Marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space . Im almost certain the russians did fire a man into the outer space. Hes 27. Its a great historic scientific feat. At that time, we didnt know whether a human could survive in space and here, boom, the soviets send this guy into space and he survived. He was something that affected american proudness. Now it was first sputnik and now first man in space was russian and you can understand that this was really in the middle of the cold war, there was competition of the great super powers. President , could you give us your view, sir, of the soviet achievement of putting a man in orbit and what it would mean to our Space Progra
And do the other thing, not because they are easy but because they are hard. We have a good many talented scientists but we did not make a major effort in this area for many years and were now paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik. I have marvin cal. Cbs news correspondent in moscow on the phone now. Marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space . Im almost certain the russians did fire a man into the outer space. Hes 27. Its a great historic scientific feat. At that time, we didnt know whether a human could survive in space and here, boom, the soviets send this guy into space and he survived. He was something that affected american progress. That we are ahead of everybody. Now it was first sputnik and now first man in space was russian and you can understand that this was really in the middle of the cold war. There was competition of the great super powers. President , could you give us your view, sir, about
Already are being built. The first strides toward the stars were not without setbacks. Youre aware of the risk. We accept the risk. What risks there are. We choose to go to the moon and do the other thing, not because they are easy but because they are hard. We have a good many talented scientists but we didnt make an effort in this area for many years and behind and paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik. I have marvin cal. Cbs news correspondent in moscow. On phone now. Marvin, is there any doubt this really happened, that the russians really have put a man in space . Im almost certain the russians did fire a man into the United States. Hes 27. Its a great historic scientific feat. At that time, we didnt know whether a human could survive in space and here, boom, the soviets send this guy into space and he survived. He was something that affected american prowess. That we were ahead of everybody. Now it was first sputnik set ae alight,