Why Do We Go to Space?
My ode to space exploration and DiscoveryClick here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More below ↓ Why do we go to space?
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[Rocket countdown, narrated] [Rocket sounds] Our first rockets were weapons. From the German V2 to Sputnik, we rode to space on the tip of giant missiles. We were driven by war, a little bit of fear, and paranoia. We rode those rockets to orbit, with Alan Shepard and Gemini. We rode those rockets to the moon, with Apollo. When Apollo astronauts stood on the moon , and they turned around and looked back at Earth, home, nearly 400,000 kilometers away, it changed them. From up there, borders and wars and violence disappear. It changed people on Earth, they shared the experience of the moon on their television screens. They decided going to space didn't have to be about fear, it could be about something else. So they built this. This is Discovery. Discovery is the name of the shuttle, but it's al...
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[Rocket countdown, narrated] [Rocket sounds] Our first rockets were weapons. From the German V2 to Sputnik, we rode to space on the tip of giant missiles. We were driven by war, a little bit of fear, and paranoia. We rode those rockets to orbit, with Alan Shepard and Gemini. We rode those rockets to the moon, with Apollo. When Apollo astronauts stood on the moon , and they turned around and looked back at Earth, home, nearly 400,000 kilometers away, it changed them. From up there, borders and wars and violence disappear. It changed people on Earth, they shared the experience of the moon on their television screens. They decided going to space didn't have to be about fear, it could be about something else. So they built this. This is Discovery. Discovery is the name of the shuttle, but it's al...
