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