Rocket Men

Jul 10, 2009

College Park (MD) Aviation Museum

Craig Nelson talked about his book Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon (Viking; June 25, 2009). He told how he came to write his book about the first moon landing and the people who accomplished it in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon on July 20, 2009. Mr. Nelson used slides to .. Read More
Craig Nelson talked about his book Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon (Viking; June 25, 2009). He told how he came to write his book about the first moon landing and the people who accomplished it in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon on July 20, 2009. Mr. Nelson used slides to illustrate his talk about the space race and the lunar mission. Mr. Craig also responded to questions from members of the audience at the College Park Aviation Museum in Maryland on Friday, July 10, 2009, at 6 p.m.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:01 Unidentified Speaker CRAIG O'HARA.
00:00:04 Unidentified Speaker JULY 20th 2009 MARKS THE 40th ANNIVERSARY TO THE APOLLO MISSION TO THE MOON. CRAIG NELSON TALKS ABOUT...
00:00:28 Unidentified Speaker NOT ONLY IS IT A DREAM FOR GOING TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS BUT IT'S A...
00:02:48 Unidentified Speaker WHICH TRANSLATES A ROUGH PATH LEADS TO THE STARS. EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS BOOK AND...
00:39:25 Unidentified Speaker SO MY QUESTION IS I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND IF I TAKE OFF MY JACKET AND MY QUESTION IS DO ANY OF YOU HAVE...
00:39:32 Unidentified Speaker DID THEY FIND ANY GERMS OR ANY MICROBES AT ALL?
00:39:36 Unidentified Speaker NOT AT ALL.
00:39:40 Unidentified Speaker IT'S LIKE STERILE.
00:39:43 Unidentified Speaker GUESS WHAT, THE MOON HAS LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME.
00:39:49 Unidentified Speaker ANY ANTS ROLLING AROUND.
00:39:50 Unidentified Speaker IT'S LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME --
00:39:52 Unidentified Speaker WOW!
00:39:54 Unidentified Speaker AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AN INCREDIBLE STORY. WE HAVE A WHOLE NOTION OF HOW THE MOON WAS BORN. DO...
00:40:05 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE EVIDENCE FROM APOLLO THAT BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO WHEN THE MOON WAS A BIG -- WHEN...
00:40:35 Unidentified Speaker DOES THE MOON HAVE A CORE OR ANYTHING LIKE THE EARTH DOES?
00:40:37 Unidentified Speaker NO. THE MOON HAS A BUNCH OF THINGS LIKE MASS CONS WHICH ARE CONCENTRATIONS OF HARDER MATTER INSIDE...
00:41:05 Unidentified Speaker IS THE FLAG STILL STANDING?
00:41:07 Unidentified Speaker IT IS. AND, IN FACT, THERE'S AN EXCITING THING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. NASA HAS A BRAND-NEW SATELLITE...
00:41:41 Unidentified Speaker IS IT TRUE THAT ARMSTRONG BLEW THE BIG LINE THAT HE WAS NERVOUS AND MEANT TO SAY ONE SMALL STEP FOR...
00:41:52 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I ACTUALLY -- I GREW UP SURROUNDED BY MIDWESTERN DRAWLERS, WHICH IS WHAT HE IS. WHEN I LISTEN...
00:42:16 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I'M WONDERING ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER MISSIONS. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS LIKE A PIONEERING WHEN THEY...
00:42:40 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS CONSTANT. IT WAS CONSTANT. IF YOU LOOK INTO THE HISTORY OF ALMOST ANY ONE OF THESE MISSIONS...
00:43:02 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WHAT ABOUT THESE CONTRACTORS? WHO'S KEEPING TRACK OF THE QUALITY CONTROL? WHO'S KEEPING TRACK...
00:43:09 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S WHAT NASA DID IN THAT GIANT BUILDING YOU SHAW IT RAN ALL THESE THINGS THROUGH MASSIVE TESTS....
00:44:16 Unidentified Speaker HOW MUCH REDUNDANTCY.
00:44:18 Unidentified Speaker THEY DID NOT HAVE TWO ENGINES TO GET OFF THE MOON. THEY ONLY HAD ONE ROCKET TO GET OFF THE MOON SO...
00:44:36 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:44:37 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T SEE HOW THEY MANAGED TO KEEP THEIR COOL?
00:44:40 Unidentified Speaker IT'S WHAT THEY DID FOR A LIVING. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE -- THAT'S -- THAT WAS THEIR UNIQUE QUALITY....
00:45:01 Unidentified Speaker WE HEARD TALK OF PEOPLE RETURNING TO THE MOON, WHAT VALUE DO YOU SEE IN THAT?
00:45:05 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BIG MANNED SPACE PROGRAM AGAIN UNTIL WE HAVE COMPETITION. FIRST,...
00:46:23 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE ADVANCING QUITE RAPIDLY IT SEEMS IN ROBOTICS. SO I'M WONDERING, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO...
00:46:43 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:46:45 Unidentified Speaker I'M WONDERING IF THEY WOULD RATHER SEND ROBOTS INSTEAD OF HUMANS AND NOT RISK THE PERSON'S LIFE AND...
00:46:53 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IT ACTUALLY IS PRETTY MUCH THE CONFLICT GOING ON. ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF IS BEING...
00:47:35 Unidentified Speaker WELL, AS AN EXTENSION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF ALL OF YOU GUYS. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW...
00:48:48 Unidentified Speaker YES, THAT'S TRUE. I AGREE. ANYONE ELSE? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT NIGHT. I...
00:49:07 Unidentified Speaker CRAIG NELSON SERVED AS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF HARPER, ROW AND

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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