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>> first time i saw columbia and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, its big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness firsthand the first space shuttle launch. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7. 6, 5, 4 -- weve gone for main engine start. >> we added the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy, its going somewhere. >> americas first space shuttle. and the shut...

>> computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. its the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet. >> first time i saw columbia and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, its big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness firsthand the first space shuttle launch.

The brain. and it was a threatened concept. >> 1980s is a period of time when the big, giant, impersonal machine that lives in a huge, air conditioned room someplace suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there, something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as we have intelligent machines creeping into our daily lives, into our factories, into our hospitals, into our businesses, then its going to be a new world out there...

The mindset was the computer as the brain. and it was a threatened concept. >> 1980s is a period of time when the big, giant, impersonal machine that lives in a huge, air conditioned room someplace suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there, something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as we have intelligent machines creeping into our daily lives, into our factories, into our hospitals, into our businesses, then its g...

>> first time i saw columbia and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, its big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than 500,000 people crowded the beaches to witness the first space shuttle launch. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7. 6, 5, 4 weaver gone for main engine start. >> we added the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy, its going somewhere. >> americas first space shuttle. and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> columbia, houston, yo...

And it was a threatening concept. >> 1980s is a period of time when the big, giant, impersonal machine that lives in a huge, air conditioned room someplace suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there, something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as we have intelligent machines creeping into our daily lives, into our hospitals, into our businesses, then its going to be a new world out there. >> computer stores have beco...

The brain. and it was a threatening concept. >> 1980s is a period of time when the big, giant, impersonal machine that lives in a huge, air conditioned room someplace suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there, something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as we have intelligent machines creeping into our daily lives, into our hospitals, into our businesses, then its going to be a new world out there. >> computer store...

>> if it works the way its been designed to work, it will be a technological fete like that of the moon. >> a space shuttle. new systems, new technology. fly by wear system. you dont have pulleys and cables, all done by electronics, all by commands coming through a computer. >> built as the worlds first reusable spaceship, carrying satellites and scientists. >> the most important thing was the digital revolution of faster, more powerful computers with complex software. >> computers are absolutel...

>> first time i saw columbia and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, its big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than 500,000 people crowded the beaches to witness the first space shuttle launch. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7. 6, 5, 4 weaver gone for main engine start. >> we added the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy, its going somewhere. >> americas first space shuttle. and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> columbia, houston, yo...

When the big, giant, impersonal machine that lives in a huge, air conditioned room someplace suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there, something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as we have intelligent machines creeping into our daily lives, into our hospitals, into our businesses, then its going to be a new world out there. >> computer stores have become the neighborhood soda shops of the binary generation. the di...