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Missile gap, a space gap. so did lyndon johnson. in fact, lbj helped create nasa in 1958. our whole creation of nasa was a response to sputnik. and in the late 50s, everything became nik. they put a dog up, and it became pooch nik. sputnik kind of motivated jack kennedy. by 1960 in the debates with richard nixon, kennedy charged nixon that if youre president, i see a soviet flag on the moon. if you elect me president, there will be an american flag on the moon. >> doug, this calls for a judgment...

He said there was a missile gap a space gap remembrance so did lyndon johnson. in fact, lbj helped create nasty in 1958. our whole creation of nasa was in response to sputnik. everything became nik. that he put dog out and called it pooch nik. sputnik kind of motivated jack kennedy. so by 1960 and the debates with richard nixon, kennedy charged nixon that if youre president, i see a soviet flag on the moon. if you elect me president, there will be an american flag on the moon. >> doug, this call...

He said there was a missile gap a space gap remembrance so did lyndon johnson. in fact, lbj helped create nasty in 1958. our whole creation of nasa was in response to sputnik. everything became nik. that he put dog out and called it pooch nik. sputnik kind of motivated jack kennedy. so by 1960 and the debates with richard nixon, kennedy charged nixon that if youre president, i see a soviet flag on the moon. if you elect me president, there will be an american flag on the moon. >> doug, this call...

>> verify. >> spacecraft ready. >> switch is on. verify light. >> all stations stand by to give a crew departure status at this time. >> go ahead. >> go. >> fts. >> no. >> rts. >> go. >> 8. >> camera. >> verify number 2 and 3 level. >> okay. all right. 214. roger, you go for crew departure. >> roger here. go for crew departure.