Jfk emphasized the importance of the Space Race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this Challenge Head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If youve ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed, with great honor, im here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [ applause ] thank you, jared. You know, its a real privilege. I have a couple of aggies in the family, to be introduced by an aggie here. They told me i had three hours to speak, so ill have to be speaking through lunch here, but jared said, no, he says hell give me a call when ive got five minutes. So hes going to stand up and give me sort of a headsup. When i finish, i have a Threeminute Video of the actual lunar landing, and i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th Anniversary Sort of in context what is happening. I used this at the smithsonian,
Reception when they returned home. This event was hosted by the massachusetts historical society, which provided the video. So today we have a great program which well explore one of the most popular topics in boston, which is the Boston Red sox. Specifically this evening well be looking at the Boston Red sox and World War ii. We will be joined by a great panel, which will be led by a good friend, gordon eads. This is his fifth program in the last couple of years. So hes been doing a lot of work supporting our organization. Gordon is the official historian of the Boston Red sox, he has been a Team Historian since 2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the
Gordon is the official historian of the Boston Red sox, he has been a Team Historian since 2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the bottom of your Screen And Type in your question. And we should be able to read the questions and get to as many of them as we possibly can. Well try to get through as many as are possible, but with over 150 people attending the webinar, we may not be able to get to all of them. So thank you all for joining us. Without further, adieu, i will toss this off to gordon. Hi, gordon. Thank you so much. Welcome, everyone. Catherine told me just before we started that if i do one more presentation at mass historical, ill be eligible
2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the bottom of your Screen And Type in your question. And we should be able to read the questions and get to as many of them as we possibly can. Well try to get through as many as are possible, but with over 150 people attending the webinar, we may not be able to get to all of them. So thank you all for joining us. Without further, adieu, i will toss this off to gordon. Hi, gordon. Thank you so much. Welcome, everyone. Catherine told me just before we started that if i do one more presentation at mass historical, ill be eligible for health insurance. So im hoping to stick around for six next year. Needless to say, i w
So hes been doing a lot of work supporting our organization. Gordon is the official historian of the Boston Red sox, he has been a Team Historian since 2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the bottom of your Screen And Type in your question. And we should be able to read the questions and get to as many of them as we possibly can. Well try to get through as many as are possible, but with over 150 people attending the webinar, we may not be able to get to all of them. So thank you all for joining us. Without further, adieu, i will toss this off to gordon. Hi, gordon. Thank you so much. Welcome, everyone. Catherine told me just before we started that if i