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Hour Two: Apollo 11 Anniversary
| Thirty years ago today, a Saturn V rocket carrying three American astronauts blasted off from the coast of Florida. Four days later, on July 20, 1969, two of those astronauts took humanity's first steps onto the surface of the Moon.
The achievements of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins -- and the thousands of scientists and engineers supporting the Apollo 11 mission -- were hailed as the dawn of a new spacefaring age for humanity. It was "one giant leap for mankind," said Armstrong as he stepped of the ladder of the lunar lander onto the gray dusty soil on the Moon's surface. |  | | But how many feet were behind that one small step for man? And where did that giant leap take us? On this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk about the national all-out effort to put a man on the moon. We'll look back on the Apollo 11 mission, its history, and its effects on the world -- scientifically, technologically, and emotionally.
And we want to hear your thoughts about the history and future of human space exploration, so be sure to call in.
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Guests:
Andrew Chaikin
Author,
"A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts" (Time Life,
1999)
Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Light
Artist/Photographer
Author, "Full Moon" (Knopf, 1999)
San Francisco, California
Max Faget
Former Director of Engineering and Development, NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center
Senior Consultant, Space Industries Inc
Designer of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft
Houston, TX
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
NASA Apollo 11 Anniversary Site
The Apollo Program
National Air and Space Museum Apollo pages
NOVA: To The Moon
Contact Light
Collecting "Where were you" stories about the moon landing
This segment produced by:
Charles Bergquist
Web producer:
Charles Bergquist
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