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Made By Us experiences are special tours of sites not normally open to the public at museums all over the U.S. We took a look at two sites in Philadelphia.
>> you say it's not actually possible? >> by 2024 it is possible but it would be very unsafe and very expensive. >> and why exactly? >> well, because, we don't have the architecture that we need to get there. even in the '60s when we talked about the apollo mission, it was incredibly expensive. it was $112 dollars in 2018 dollars and unsafe. the apollo one tragedy occurred because we cut corners. we don't want to set ourselves up for a failure like that again. >> speaking of that failure, charles, despite the fact the 129 men who walked in the room between 1969 and 1972 brought back moon dust ...
Last thing before we go, the departure of a brave woman in american life that gave more than her fair share. many of us will go to see the new movie "first man" about the life and accomplishments of neil armstrong that won the apollo 11 mission and became the first man to walk on the moon. as the movie trailer already shows us, the film will deal with the death of the crew of apollo one, the first mission of the new apollo capsule. the three were killed while in the capsule and on the launch pad by a flash electrical fire. there was no emergency hatch. they couldn't get out and the 100% oxygen...
Supplies are running out d.w. correspondent bustin halakhic is on the island of pseudo way z.m. reports from the town apollo one of the places hardest hit. all they want is to get out. some of them have been waiting four days at the airport to get on one of the planes that are bringing in the eight. indonesians on forces are constantly airlifting in relief goods things that people here need most water food medication most of all and on the way back they're taking those who are desperately waiting to leave old people people who are injured people who've lost their homes women and small children...
Three astronauts inside perished. >> on january 27, 1967, my little 8-year-old world was torn apart. that evening my mother had to tell my brother steven and me, that our daddy was never coming home. >> that daddy, roger chafe was just 31, a rookie astronaut who had not yet been to space. as an adult, his daughter cheryl spent 33 years working at nasa to help others achieve that dream. the hard lessons learned from the apollo one disaster were applied to future missions as the u.s. raced the soviets to the moon. redesigned hatches, less flam i believe material and safer mix of oxygen and nitro...