Because the space race was a Major Initiative within the cold war. Tminus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Ignition. We are in the campus of the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. I am standing in front of the morehead building, home of the morehead planetarium. Which is now the morehead planetarium and science center. John morgan iii is from a famous North Carolina family. Grandfather was the governor of North Carolina. John morehead iii attended carolina for undergraduate school in chemistry. Made an accidental discovery in a Chemistry Lab as an undergraduate that ultimately led to the founding of Union Carbide and he became an extremely wealthy man, and he conceived of this idea, what he did as a leading Science Education contribution was he built the planetarium. When we opened in 1949, the planetarium was the first one in the south. His contribution was significant. We are also the first planetarium in the world on a university campus. So he visited a planetarium in chi
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Another victory at his home grand prix at silverstone. A moment is a welcome to the program to u. S. Astronauts have splashed down in the gulf of mexico on board space x. s dragon capsule successfully completing the 1st ever privately operated space flight it was also the 1st splash down landing after a Space Mission since 1975 space x. And the u. S. Space agency nasa are celebrating the mission which they say will bring the free market to space travel. As were now just about 20 meters off the ocean this is the moment when space 6 proudly went when no company has gone before. Flashed out. As you can see on your screen we have visual confirmation 1st but. The firms landing capture glides into the gulf of mexico in the control room through tame from space x. And nasa the u. S. Space agency that contract it for this mission is pretty much complete so. Even after the landing the danger wasnt over the dragon capsule weighs over 12000 kilos docking it and extracting the 2 astronauts inside a