
National Geographic: Destination Space
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(5.00 / 1 vote)Ten... nine...
In the new race to space it's just
a physical urge built, sept...
Some will go for adventure.
If you go and you ask people
why do want to go into space,
the answer is the same.
I want to experience zero g.
And then you want to just float around
for several minutes and just enjoy this.
And I want to see the view.
...six... five...
Some will find that every dream
is shadowed by a nightmare.
Space is a hostile, dangerous place.
Because I was expecting
a major breach of the station,
I mean, where the air would
just rush out.
Others will seek their fortunes.
What we really need are filling
stations in space.
...quatre... trois...
And yet others will search for answers
to where we fit in the universe.
We get signals all the time here,
I mean we've got this huge antenna
out the window here,
we've got this very
sophisticated receiver,
of course we pick up signals
all the time.
Every couple of seconds,
another signal.
...two... one...
At the dawn of a new century,
the golden era of space travel.
I want to see the moon of course...
Space...
And I'd like to look down
on the earth...
What's coming next may be
the greatest journey of all time.
Destination Space
In July of 1969,
half a million people of all races
and ages gather from around the globe.
Some trek for days and camp out
to witness an event
that was almost unimaginable
only ten years before.
It isn't a march to protest
the war in Vietnam...
or a rock concert in upstate New York.
It is Apollo 11.
On a small strip of the Florida Coast...
three astronauts prepare
to reach for the moon.
They are only minutes
from attempting the greatest venture
in human history.
But as Apollo 11 tears itself from
the launch pad and thunders into space,
no one is certain if the mission
will end in triumph or tragedy.
Every step of the voyage
is fraught with danger.
But most harrowing is the stage
never before attempted-landing
on the moon.
So risky is this venture,
President Nixon has a eulogy prepared
in case the lunar lander
crashes or is stranded.
Altitude 4,200.
Go for landing, over.
As Armstrong and Aldrin
approach the moon's surface,
they realize the flight computer is
steering them toward a boulder field.
Armstrong seizes control,
guiding the lander to a new spot,
more than 1,000 feet away.
Picking up some dust...
two-and-a-half down
turn to the right a little
another half
...30 seconds...
contact light
okay, engine stopped.
We copy you down, Eagle.
Only seconds of fuel remain
in the lander's tank.
Tranquility Base here.
The Eagle has landed.
In the history of humanity, a few,
rare moments are so transcendent
as to unite us all.
Okay Neil, we can see you coming down
the ladder now.
On July 20, 1969,
the planet's population-
watch transfixed as the first human
being steps onto an alien world.
That's one small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind.
These were the glory days
of space exploration.
Nothing was easier to imagine than
a succession of further triumphs.
But then something changed.
We lost interest.
Just nine months after
television networks broadcast
soap operas instead of Apollo 13.
It took an explosion onboard
and a life-and-death drama
to grab our attention.
Houston, we have a problem.
Standby 13, we're looking at it.
seemed to fade from public view
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