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Be wise if i would relocate that these guys were really after me. so any way, i relocated at cape canaveral, florida. came down here. i was very interested in in the space program. >> 15 years ago, soviet union launched sputnik in to space and the space war was launched. one man has covered every american space launch. his name is jay are bararee. >> the first manned space flight by an american tell us about that day. >> that was a day youll never forget. we saw the rocket climb above the tree l...

United states. every one of them. 135 space shuttle launches. he has been there every time to report on it for us. hes not just a great journalist but one of spaces advocates. >> i was working for our affiliate channel 10 in albany, georgia and had a run in with the ku klux klan there. we were filming a meeting they had in a pasture and they found us in the woods doing this this film. you know, roughed us up, our equipment and all. it was suggested to me by the police in albany that it would be ...

Report on it for us. hes not just a great journalist but one of spaces advocates. >> i was working for our affiliate channel 10 in albany, georgia and had a run in with the ku klux klan there. we were filming a meeting they had in a pasture and they found us in the woods doing this this film. you know, roughed us up, our equipment and all. it was suggested to me by the police in albany that it would be wise if i would relocate, that these guys were really after me. so any way, i relocated at cap...

Costly now. some have taken to the streets. even on the brink of recession, he is popular among 80% of russians. this man is among them. i blame america for the situation, he said. they want to conquer the world and be number one. in control of virtually all of russian media including this new news agency called sputnik, putin damaged any. >> the white house wants regime change and he is defending russia against the enemies. flexing muscles with war games and russian fighter jets.

>> reporter: the dawn of the space age was the start of the space race. america competing with the soviets for scientific dominance. but in a world where americans dug bomb shelters and worried about missiles science was about national security. >> the cold war had been prolonged. it was going on. nobody could really see an end to it. there were all the underlying risks of nuclear confrontation at the time. >> reporter: the next step in that race, man launches, that required a few good men, seve...

Germany launch ad v-2. in world war ii. then the russians launched sputnik. they put a dog up. we were behind. so we put a monkey up. brought it back. and then, suborbital flights. nothing like gergarin, one complete orbit. we caught up with john glenns mercury program. put in the mercury program with great objectiveses with to prepare for the three-man apollo which first had the wrong mission with a big lander to do everything out of dr. von braun and john hubolt who died recently. bill: amazin...

>> no, mr. bond, i expect you to die. >> of course, oo 7 escaped from that predicament but nasa is using a different laser to fundamentally change the way we communicate with deep space. the space agency is planning to use laser technology to stream more information at higher speeds, including live hd video of future space missions. its a system they call opals. they successfully tested it for first time last night. [ applause ] >> boom! hd video. can you say the real housewives of international...

Rather than internal combustion engines. with renewable energy, solar and wind and other technologies. these are things that can really be done. but we have to now make the case also to the public. not just were going to cap this and that. thats too ugly. its technical. it doesnt inspire. but what could inspire is look at what america could look like in 20 or 30 years. much smarter transport, smarter cities. >> thats the sputnik moment. >> absolutely. >> let me go back to the building blocks lik...

32 went to loveless clinic, and i was the only guy to flunk. >> reporter: how come you didnt pass the mercury physicals? >> i had what was known as a high bilirubin, which is pink in your blood. >> reporter: and you said when were you a boy, you would be into dinosaurs or rockets. >> when i didnt get into the mercury program, the original selection, i said, i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. now he? . >> it began with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so ...

32 went to loveless clinic, and i was the only guy to flunk. >> reporter: how come you didnt pass the mercury physicals? >> i had what was known as a high bilirubin, which is pink in your blood. >> reporter: and you said when were you a boy, you would be into dinosaurs or rockets. >> when i didnt get into the mercury program, the original selection, i said, i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. now he? . >> it began with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so ...