You have to remember that Clarke was trying to encourage long term thinking and commitment to the human future in space. He even referred to his early fiction as 'propoganda' to that end. I've read people say he was an optimist, but I'm not so sure that it wasn't a case of Clarke fearing what our future would be if we didn't keep moving forward. A lot like Sagan.
The mechanism of the space race was not a thirst for knowledge but in winning a war of ideologies . Once the USSR was toppled no such impetus to act existed .
For all non-trolls, I thank you for having transcribed this 1969 presentation from VCR tape. Double thanks for having recorded the show initially. These are the two great Greats!
@@johnsonanum What was *WE* expecting? Naked dancing girls? Or cheese! So not money. Had plans for MARS, on hold, but as soon as ARTEMIS (Apollo sister) succeeds to Moon it will be going. Some difficulties, year after year....
There you go the correct reaction to landing on the moon at 3 mins. The joy, the elation , the smiles. Now marry that off to the 3 astronauts being interviewed about the moon landing - first interviews and it only got worse after the first few ??? Something very not right in their demeanour!!
How it's the greatest space event? I take it it's one of the great events. It's same as Sputnik or First man in space. And event happened after first Space station and Mir.
Sputnik and other space stations until today are in low-Earth orbits, just a few hundred kilometers up. Thus, they still have clearly to be perceived as parts of the celestial body Earth. The Moon is a spherical celestial body of its own, that's what makes reaching it such a grandiose milestone.
Arthur C. Clarke makes two flawed comparisons here. He predicts that one will feel at home in space just like one, according to him, does when one dives into water. Against the background of the long-term panoramas mooted in this broadcast, such an argument won't impress me very much. Our ancestors have already lived in the water, but never off Earth. Clarke then praises a comparison of Sputnik to Pearl Harbor. That's tactically inept because Pearl Harbor was an attack and Sputnik wasn't.
What distinguished voices - well spoke these three men had. Robert Heinlein encouraging women into space 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Up to now I had never looked upon the visage of Robert Heinlein .
You have to remember that Clarke was trying to encourage long term thinking and commitment to the human future in space. He even referred to his early fiction as 'propoganda' to that end. I've read people say he was an optimist, but I'm not so sure that it wasn't a case of Clarke fearing what our future would be if we didn't keep moving forward. A lot like Sagan.
The mechanism of the space race was not a thirst for knowledge but in winning a war of ideologies . Once the USSR was toppled no such impetus to act existed .
@Oona Craig Lmao at your Jewish space laser Conspiracy .
Politics cripples long term thinking.
For all non-trolls, I thank you for having transcribed this 1969 presentation from VCR tape. Double thanks for having recorded the show initially. These are the two great Greats!
I find it astounding that this epic commentary has so few views. That says something about our appreciation and understanding of history...
Now YT even has Context explanations about Apollo Project.
11:17 Albert Heinlein?
Walter Cronkite was old, even when he was younger.
After all, "Albert" ends "-bert" just like "Robert". You must have good ears!
Dont they have difficulty getting to the ISS? And so many Apolloists say no reason to have a Moonstation, nothing to do.
The moon is a harsh mistress. That's why we stopped going there.
@@johnsonanum What was *WE* expecting? Naked dancing girls? Or cheese! So not money. Had plans for MARS, on hold, but as soon as ARTEMIS (Apollo sister) succeeds to Moon it will be going. Some difficulties, year after year....
@@narajuna Hahahaha... If there were naked dancing girls on the moon, we would never have stopped going there.
OPTIMISM !!!
There you go the correct reaction to landing on the moon at 3 mins. The joy, the elation , the smiles.
Now marry that off to the 3 astronauts being interviewed about the moon landing - first interviews and it only got worse after the first few ???
Something very not right in their demeanour!!
Destination moon - Apollo 13 !
"Jealousy is a motherfucker" -- The Notorious B.I.G.
How it's the greatest space event? I take it it's one of the great events. It's same as Sputnik or First man in space. And event happened after first Space station and Mir.
Sputnik and other space stations until today are in low-Earth orbits, just a few hundred kilometers up. Thus, they still have clearly to be perceived as parts of the celestial body Earth. The Moon is a spherical celestial body of its own, that's what makes reaching it such a grandiose milestone.
Arthur C. Clarke makes two flawed comparisons here. He predicts that one will feel at home in space just like one, according to him, does when one dives into water. Against the background of the long-term panoramas mooted in this broadcast, such an argument won't impress me very much. Our ancestors have already lived in the water, but never off Earth. Clarke then praises a comparison of Sputnik to Pearl Harbor. That's tactically inept because Pearl Harbor was an attack and Sputnik wasn't.