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Into the digital age. The Center Hosted the program. Good evening, everybody. My name is tom mcintyre. I am the Deputy Director of the nyu center. I am pleased to welcome you all to the auditorium. This is our second installment of our Young Leaders Network Series for the summer. 2014 by the center and the Edward Kennedy institute for the u. S. Senate, the Young Leaders network aims to promote in the next generation of leaders the spirit of Public Service as embodied for decades on capitol hill by ted kennedy. Our goal is to provide students with programs that enrich their experience while int...

Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac i mean, like it will be really exciting when we can put some robots up on mars, wont it be exciting . Weve already done it, right . Okay. I dont hear now, when you put when you put [ applause ] when you put joe blow and jane doe up on mars, then i think you will see true excitement. That may not be [ applause ] you know, that may not be the way the world should be because charlie points out things that are of more importance than whether it is a machine or whether it is a human being, they each have their place, but the public, i do think, has a ...

Landing. We will hear from two former president ial aides who were in the oval office when president nixon spoke to Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin when they were on the moon. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. As people continue to wander in, were going to get started because we have a hard cue at 8 48. Hello to our audience watching at home as well. My name is hugh hewitt, im the president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation, it is my honor to well you here tonight to our east room. Please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the National Anthem by tim kepler. O say...

Were in the boeing milestones of flight hall at the center of the museum. And this is the hall where we display the pioneering aircraft and spacecraft that transform the modern world. When this Museum Opened in july of 1976, almost every space artifact on display had recently been in the news. This was very much a museum of contemporary space flight. And it was for most people their first chance to see what had been lauded in the 1960s and early 1970s during this heroic age of Space Exploration when humans first ventured off the planet into space and all the way to the moon, when the United St...

All week. A greater percentage of efforts population followed their flight than any other event in human history. After their flights the astronauts toured. President nixon proclaimed them the best possible am baz dors america could have on the earth. Today were looking back and asking what was the political and Foreign Relations significance of the apollo program, and what is its enduring legacy. Were going to look forward questioning how apollo era space diplomacy should inform Foreign Relations today. Very shortly ill give you Historical Context on the role of project apollo in u. S. Foreig...