{"id":2263,"date":"2013-05-13T00:28:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2013-05-13T00:28:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:28:37","slug":"space-chronicles-part-1-startalk-radio-with-neil-degrasse-tyson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2263","title":{"rendered":"Space Chronicles (Part 1) – StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neil deGrasse Tyson talks with Prof. John Logsdon, founder and former director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, about the history of the Apollo program: Space Chronicles (Part 1) | StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson – StarTalk Radio<\/a><\/p>\n

You know the names: Sputnik, Apollo, JFK, LBJ, Gagarin, Laika, von Braun. You know the speeches: \u201c\u2026We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, \u2026\u201d But do you know the reality? Find out when astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Prof. John Logsdon, an expert in the history of space exploration. You\u2019ll learn Eisenhower\u2019s secret reason for starting NASA, why JFK offered to explore space jointly with the Russians, and how \u201cOperation Paperclip\u201d helped us win the Space Race\u2026 and the Arms Race. Find out why the Apollo program ended early and why NASA retired the Space Shuttle but the Soyuz is still going strong. Plus Neil\u2019s favorite moment in the US space program and a history lesson \u201cthrough the lens of Chuck Nice.\u201d And this is just Part 1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n