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Mitchell kaplan has been a staunch supporter from the beginning and i can honestly say literally if not for him i would not be here. He owns the place after all. [laughter] it has been a great ride iou books and books so much its wonderful to have cspan here taping the show tonight this is big time. Before i get any further along lifetime new yorker declares himself florida resident he must have read the book. [laughter] because weve known about this development for quite a while. [laughter] hes not here yet . Save him a seat in the back. [laughter] the fact is i had a make it very clear to my...

Good afternoon to welcome to the seventh annual san antonio book festival. How many have been here all day . Great festival so far. Absolutely. Heres the good news, we saved the best for last. Welcome with Douglas Brinkley one of the authors who was closest to us because he and his family that are here drove down i. 35 from where they live for todays event. Hes a distinguished professor in humanities at history at Rice University but for the purpose of the conversation today, hes one of the great historians in our country and if you are an armchair historian like im, he is a must read, and ive...

Lets start 1957. What is effective sputnik on the country quick. The first artificial satellite created a sensation and people went crazy. We were stunned. We were wondering what was next. From the next larger satellite space stations of Nuclear Missiles and it created nasa a year later that people now dont understand people thought world war iii was starting. Did the fact that sputnik happened did we have a Space Program at all at that point quick. We had a Satellite Program you may have heard of on brown the may not see in charge of the program we scooped him up and brought him over here und...

Donovan, his book, shoot for the moon, the extraordinary voyage of apollo 11, mr. Donovan before we get to july of 1969, lets start 1957, 1958, what was the effect on this country . The first artificial satellite created a sensation in this country. People went crazy. They somehow out science to us. We were stunned. People started wondering what was next, bombs coming down, Nuclear Bombs from the next larger satellite . Space stations with nuclear missiles. It created nasa a year later, we had to respond somehow. It was the height of the cold war, which a lot of people now do not understand ho...

Mister donovan, before we get to july 1969, started 1957, what was the effect of sputnik on this country . Guest the first artificial satellite created a sensation in this country. We went crazy. Somehow they out science us. Started wondering what was next . Bombs coming down . Nuclear bombs . Space stations with Nuclear Missiles . And of course it created nasa a year later. Had to respond somehow at the height of the cold war. A lot of people now dont understand how tense everything was. A lot of people thought world war iii was starting. Host did the fact that sputnik happened, did we have a...