space diplomacy draw such a wonderful crowd. thank you so much for joining us this evening. i m a historian of science and technology and a curator at the smithsonian national air and base museum for the apollo spacecraft collection. 50 years ago this week, the apollo 11 crew answered a call to land humans on the moon within a decade in return them safely back to earth. a greater percentage of the population followed the flight than any previous events in human history. after their flight, the astronauts toward over 20 countries. president nixon proclaimed them the best possible ambassadors america could have on this earth. today, we are looking back and asking what was the political and foreign relations significance of the apollo program, and what is legacy? we are also going to look forward, questioning how they could inform foreign relations today. very shortly, i will be giving you some historical context. this will be followed by a conversation between me and major gene
program legacy and the impact on today s politics, diplomacy, foreign policy, and space initiatives. air andian national space museum, the state department, and the george washington university space policy institute cohosted this event. welcome. to seeruly a thrill space diplomacy draw such a wonderful crowd. thank you so much for joining us this evening. i m a historian of science and technology and a curator at the smithsonian national air and base museum for the apollo spacecraft collection. 50 years ago this week, the answered a call to land humans on the moon within a decade in return them safely back to earth. percentage of the population followed the flight than any previous events in human history. after their flight, the astronauts toward over 20 countries. president nixon proclaimed them the best possible ambassadors america could have on this earth. today, we are looking back and asking what was the political and foreign relations significance of the apollo prog
that we ll explore it more as power lunch begins right now. and welcome to power lunch. i m melissa lee. stocks holding steady on the back of fed chair powell s testimony and stronger than expected consumer confidence data check out the etf with the housing stocks tyler jurs mentist mentioned th. the itb under pressure following the weak numbers we mentioned before we begin though with the fed chair s testimony. the remarks of congress today. he made a lot of headlines straight to steve liesman covering that for us jerome powell on day one of congressional testimony offering a generally dovish outlook on policy not closing the door with the rate hike entirely but emphasizing the fed in a wait and see mode he offered an optimistic view but head winds had clouded the outlook and powell suggested he did not see a threat from the economy running out of workers there s more slack in the labor market because people are coming back in if people weren t coming back in, the
music and the restoration of the super saver at 100 fighter. see the laboratories of thomas edison in fort myers and hear the voices of them mormon tabernacle choir and salt lake city today at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. next, we will hear from martin cooper, a motorola researcher who headed a team that invented the first cell -tach and1973, the dyna became the first person ever to make a call on the mobile phone. on a mobile phone. the phone cost almost $4000 when it was offered for sale in 1984. the smithsonian national is his aim of american history hosted this hour-long event. before i invite art and marty up to the stage, i have one piece of house business. which probably, in this context, is ironic but i do have to ask you to turn off your cell phone. that said, thank you for coming, and i will turn the microphone over to art and our speaker, marty cooper. thank you very much. [applause] are we turned on?
overnight in shanghai down almost 4% as the yuan sits near a six-month low. the roadmap begins with the markets, the s&p starting off shy of the fresh record high and the nasdaq beginning from right around its highest level in 14 years. home depot is posting quarterly profit above expectations and boosted dividend. different story with macy s and shares slipping after same store sales came in below expectations. and jpmorgan expected to announce job cuts in its mortgage and consumer business. the bulls off to a good start, the dow jumped more than 100 points and closed at 16,207 and the s&p hit 1858 before pulling back and closing at 1847. that s a point away from its all-time closing high. and as we said, the nasdaq reaching a 14-year high before closing off its best levels. jim, you said last night you would try to play the role of the skeptic. i do not like to see the nasdaq at a 14-year high. i took to heart some of the comments we said on yesterday s show which is