Minute event. Well, thank you for coming out what i want to try to do is look at the cold war it is worth baring in mind that there were actually periods of time that caused your fore bearers more anxiety and in some cases with much greater reason to do so. And won the 1952 and 1956 election. And these are the years that represent a high point. Thinking about the cold war and the United States its worth bear in mind that the legacy and the history of the cold war was one of much of americas 20th century. And the forces in the soviet union was not during the period that you tend to think is the cold war which is from 19464748 and and much of eisenhowers much of the people in the army who served with him are being framed by the fact that america is one of the coalition of powers that went to war with the communists in the russian civil war. The idea that russia represented an ideological challenge to the United States begins there. The cold war is at its hottest between the United States
In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon. Voyage have been a long and into a strange and airless world. He must carry with him a bit of his familiar environment. I am speaking to you from the man. Moon. This is a mockup of the lunar excursion module. Where nasa is testing and evaluating the performance of the apollo spacesuit. It is actually encapsulating a and it may not be a novel idea. Applied to going up and , we got a much later start. The man found he was checking beyond his natural reach. A man flying high speed military planes required antiforce. The spacee move into age, these two problems being relatively tame measured against the support systems. Out about the systems that will be used to protect here at theed command space center. A couple of our earlier of the owlgot rid schappert suits. Couple of the interesting thing about this suit is are there any movable joints in this. Achieved by as clever tailoring. You can see that it has been sewn in
Road to the white house read wind airs every sunday. We will air highline highlights back to 1948 from democratic conventions and republican conventions. Only on cspan3. You are alone looking at a time lapse video showing the process of constructing the exhibition, jacob rees revealing how the other half we visit the exhibit in the librarys Thomas Jefferson building to learn about the life journalist, social reformer, and photographer. My name is bonnie yochelson. I wrote the complete collection catalog of riis photographs published on the occasion of this exhibition. My engagement with the collection started in the 1980s when i was curator of the museum of the city of new york which owns his new york photographs. There is a great paradox to riis photographs. He was a journalist and celebrity. He saved all of the documentation of his career. He wanted to be remembered for posterity. He created scrapbooks, he saved his manuscripts. Every scrap of paper. He abandoned his photographs beca
This episode traces the evolution of spacesuits beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support system prototype needed for the apollo moon missions. In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon to conduct mans first real exploration of our oldest satellite. It will have been a long voyage , carrying him far from his native land by effort into a strange and airless world. To survive he must carry with , him a bit of his familiar environment. Buyer engineers are designing a spacesuit that will support astronauts on a roundtrip lunar mission. That is coming up today on science reporters. Hello, i am john fitch, m. I. T. Science reporters feeding to you from the moon, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. It is actually a lunar landscape mockup of the lunar excursion module from the Houston Command Center where the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are testing and evaluating the performance of the apollo spacesuit. Manally, encapsulating
The history channel, the discovery channel, National Geographic channel, and he is really one of our most popular lecturers. Today we have asked him to speak , on the revolutions in military affairs which will give you a , quick survey of military history from the 13th century up to today. All in one hour, so im sure you will enjoy. Please welcome paul springer. [applause] mr. Springer good morning. I would like to extend a thank you to dale and alan, the New York Historical society and the policy research institute. Both are wonderful organizations i support and love working with. It is a great opportunity to speak to all of you today. I will see if i can keep you terrified for the rest of the weekend with some military robotics information here. But i am an historian, by definition that means i have to back up way to far to tell you the beginning of the story. Before i get rolling, as i work for the air force do not worry , about reading the small disclaimer at the bottom. These are