We accept the risk. We choose to go to the moon and do the other thing, not because they are easy but because they are hard. We have a good we have a good many talented scientists but we didnt make an effort for many years and were behind and paying the price of having the soviet union and mode the propaganda advantage of sputnik. I have marvin caul. Marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space . Im almost certain the russians did fire a man into the United States. Hes 27. Its a great historic scientific state. At that time, we didnt know whether a human could survive in space and here, boom, the soviets send this guy into space and he survived. He was something to the effect american proudness. Now it was first sputnik and now first man in space was russian and you can understand that this was really in the middle of the cold war, there was competition of the great super powers. President , could you give us your view sir of the soviet achievement of putting a man in or bit and what it would mean to our Space Program . Its the most impressive scientific accomplishment. I already sent congratulations to the man who was involved. The space race wasnt just about space. It was about our own sense of security. It was this new cold war Battle Ground and so it wasnt very hard to realize that if they could put a man in orbit, they could put an atomic bomb in orbit. We need to start working hard to catch up. I think its about time america woke up and did something about it. I believe its very impressive for propaganda purposes but i think if we put our minds to it, this country can top that in six months. From my perspective as a kid, we were in a race against the russians and the russians were the bad guys and they were winning this race and that meant they were superior to us and yet, they were the bad guys. 1960 we had astronauts, we hadnt had anybody in space yet but we were knocking on the door. We wanted to catch up and be the leaders. Do we have the stuff to do it . Would you say . The United StatesSpace Program is based on the philosophy that we dont want to pull a stunt and risk a mans life. For this reason, there are certain steps planned before we put a man in or bit. If this is successful, then and only then will an orbit let them remain. The project was the first real response to the sputnik and to gary and it was a big deal for us, ill tell you because all of a sudden we had seven guys and they are Fighter Pilot types, very alpha male guys, fun to be around. It was like being with rock stars. Its a great day in houston as citizens turn out by the tens of thousands to give a texassized welcome to the u. S. Space team. They were here us bump the public knew their names. They became warriors against our most feared enemy, the soviet union. What they were hiring these guys for was mind set. They wanted experience test pilots who could observe and report during a very violent and dangerous activity. As we develop the spacecraft, almost everything we do deals with the risky side of the business. We recognize we can get killed flying spacecraft or t 33 or t38s. We have a job thats fascinating and worth the risk. Al sheppard was a natural leader. He got the first ride into space. The Sherry Temple program usually seen at this time will not be presented to bring you the following special broadcast. Within the next few days, the First American will be lunched in space. He will not go into orbit but he will ride his spacecraft and hang weightless for about five minutes until gravity pulls him back through the atmosphere to the sea nearly 300 miles down range. Astronaut sheppard making his way to the elevator. Now astronaut sheppard sends the plane in a few moments hell be spaced in the capsule. Ten minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero, ignition. Lift off. Lift off. Lift off and the clock is turning. All systems are go. Some lawmakers want to award the medal of honor, ready to spend more money on the space effort, all agreed russia is ahead. Mrs. Alan shephard heard the news with relief. What are your thoughts . I dont have to tell you, do i . Im so happy. The flight was a ten, al sheppards flight was a one or two, okay, in terms of the capability that it demonstrated. So russians clearly were ahead of us so the attitude is we would like to do something really big but small enough to accomplish it. I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to man kind or more important for the longrange exploration of space. I dont know how he decided we could do that because when we heard about it, we thought they, you know, lost their mind. Ben well, that was close you aint lying let quicken loans help you save your money. With a mortgage thats engineered to amaze celebrate your love of crab with gthis years largest variety . cause its crabfest at red lobster dig into a succulent selection of crab entrees. Like new crab lovers trio with sweet snow crab legs, split king crab, and jumbo lump crab over savory shrimp. Crab three ways all on one plate. Or try new jumbo lump crab over woodgrilled salmon. Experience crabfest at red lobster today. Only for a limited time. 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Were embarking in a new field, Space Science and im happy and proud i can maybe contribute in my own way in this new field. John glenn came along next and flue the first orbital flight for an american. To us, that was a huge deal because now we had an American Hero who could at least stand up. Three, two, one. This is mercury control. The spacecraft is committed to the third orbit. Looks good. Well see you back. All right, boy. Shortly before he is supposed to reenter the atmosphere, the word comes there is a possibility that glens heat shield has detached from the base of the capsule. Go ahead. We have decided to reenter with the tank on. What is the reason for this . Do you have any reason, over . The only Thing Holding the heat shield on are three straps, which are attached to the retro rockets. We feel its safer to reenter with the retro package on, over . Roger. Understand. So normally, the plan is you fire the retro rockets and let them go but now it becomes clear that if glen does that, he might be burned alive. He went through this period of intense ion buildup where you lose contact with him. This is cape, do you read, over . This is cape, do you read over . Mercury recovery, this is friendship seven, do you read me . Read you loud and clear, how are you doing . That was a real fire ball, boy. I express the great happiness and thanksgiving all of us that glen completed the trip. I know this is felt about glen and his children. Quite a day, you see four beautiful sunsets in one day but it was pretty interesting. Now we know russia need not and will not have monopoly on man space flight. A u. S. Missile man and the capitol, out of the growing pains of project mercury, a host of new projects will be born. You could have gone ahead faster if you had more money earlier, is that right . Well, this is true. Although, there are some limitations. There is an old saying, it takes nine months to have a baby. [ laughter ] rockets, too. He was perfectly placed to get us off the planet. He was a german rocket scientists that we were pretty lucky to get after the war. He was a futurest and a visionary as much as anything else. He built the team that became americas trust for rocketry. I have come to texas today to solute an Outstanding Group of pioneers. Headlines may be made by others in other places. History is being made every day by the men and women of the Aerospace Medical center without whom there could be no history. When he was assassinated, that was a personal blow. That was a personal blow to us because he was the guy to get us on this track. When president johnson came in, you know, he was going to continue to implement what president kennedy had done. Those two men together led us to where we ended up at the end of the decade. Visiting Cape Canaveral are the men that will join the original seven and ride the apollo space aircraft. They are in the pioneers of space. We were very fortunate in that our country seemed to have the right person ready when the right person was needed. I give you Neal Armstrong. Neal armstrong was unflopble. He was a natural aviator and armstrong just seemed never to be ruffled. Neal is a cool guy, as we all know. In fact, all of the guys i was working with at the time are all exceptional pilots so its great to be on a team like that where they are all winners. Germany is the space agencys bridge to the future. With it well learn mans true capabilities and draw backs in space and on the last five germany flights well practice several different forms of rendezvous, the skill needed to supply spacecraft to change crews and ability to operate in a medium that is fantastically rewarding and terrifyingly dangerous. Its a rehearsal for apologize go. The threeman spacecraft to get us to the moon. The person who they say became the first man to walk around in space. When he went outside the spacecraft, they said no, he count have done that but the soviets went outside and came back was a shocker. The soviet union pushed americans back. Part of the game. I would say for most of the 60s we had a sense of being behind. Each year, 95 of homeowners wont have a claim. Thats why allstate claim free rewards gives you money back for every year you dont have one. And why if youre part of the other 5 , allstate offers claim rateguard. So your rates wont go up just because of a claim. No matter what comes your way, your home protects you. Protect it back allstate Home Insurance from an allstate agent. Really. So our business can be on at ts network for 175 dollars a month . Yup. All five of you for 175. Our clients need a lot of attention. Theres unlimited talk and text. Were working deals all day. You get 10 gigabytes of data to share. 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Im rolling to the right now under my own influence. Like a thermal brush. It is. He went out and had this little nitrogen bottle to fire this truster that bushed this way and that way so he could rotate himself around and so on and it gave the appearance of being a piece of cake. Im turning over. You look beautiful. I feel like a million dollars. There was absolutely no sensation of falling. There was very little sensation of speed, other than the same type of sensation that we had in the capsule. As i stepped out, the biggest thing was a feeling of accomplish the of a goal of the formation. The next major breakthrough will be the bringing together of two orbiting craft. They have presumably learned something. We have not yet made the first test so we must be considered behind. Ignition. The primary goal of project gemini was to perform space rendezvous. Without that, no mission. With the lunar technique with the command modular, you have to bring the two vehicles together and to get them close in such a way, it was easy to dock them. Took a fair bit of work. Flying nose to nose, very thoroughly see rising scanners up there. Roger. That was the moment when we pulled ahead to the space race. That was something the russians hadnt even come close to doing and wouldnt accomplish for a couple more years. It was an unknown as to how we would do that when we first started but we got good at it and mastered it on Neal Armstrongs gemini eight. Houston, were keeping it at about 170 feet. Way to go, partner. Youve done it, boy. Thats great. Man, that is really slick. Okay, gemini eight, looking good on the ground. They found another object in space and they docked them together to make one big spacecraft or rocket on the nose of the gemini. That was amazing. So its nighttime. Power down. Have dinner and get ready for the next day and i happen to look over at neals panel and i saw his eight ball, his attitude bang and i said were in a bank. Weve got Serious Problems here. They got up to one revelation a second so we decided to undock, which we suspected was a problem and the gemini started spinning and we figured out, oh, its the gemini. What seems to be the problem . Its rolling and we cant turn anything off. Did he say he could not turn the agena off. He said he cant separate and in a roll and cant stop it. The only way to get out was for him to fire the truster. Stop the Spinning Spacecraft before it spun so much they passed out. We got down alive and neal said, i think well both have another chance and we did. The leak in space, cbs News Coverage of astronaut gemini nine, two and a half walk in space reporting from the space center, Walter Cronkite. The spacewalk is over. The hatch is locked closed again, safely back in the spacecraft. A disappointing spacewalk in a true sense. The only thing we did not do well was eva, extra vehicular activity. For the last flight gemini 12 was training in the water tank. I was a scuba diver from 1957 so i knew a bit about dealing with currents and moving around and spacewalking, it was very delicate moving and you balance so you dont exert yourself. So i started training under water. Buzz put all that together and the final eva was done very much by the book. It was a big success. So i was standing up in the hatch and looking around and took a come couple pictures of texas and the astrodome and took a picture but that was the first selfie in space. Gemini 12. When it was over, the team of people, planners, astronauts, and people in the control center were complete sinked and we came out with confidence in ourselves. Let us have this apollo stuff. Well take it to the moon as fast as we possibly can. So out of here ahh. 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