CSPAN2 Call-in With James Donovan Shoot For The Moon July 14, 2024
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...
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