CSPAN3 February 18, 2012
earth from the heavens at 13,000 miles an hour staring at the sunset that was even more spectacular than he ever imagined as the nation looked on. in new york, thousands of commuters stood still in grand central station to watch the takeoff. and even walter cronkite allowed himself a little broadcaster pride as glenn's rocket lifted from the earth, cronkite rooted for the home team saying go, baby go! the context of all this was important. five years earlier, the soviet union beaten us into space with an unmanned satellite and now the u.s. sleeps under a soviet moon. and that's where...