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every space film should begin with a

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launch because that's how space began on

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the 16th of March 1976 NASA celebrated

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the 50th anniversary of the first

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successful liquid-fueled rocket flight

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by doctor Robert Goddard it was a joyful

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we at goddard will penetrate even

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further into the distances and mysteries

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of the universe and of earth what as

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usual without most of us ever leaving

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our offices and laboratories Goddard

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Space Flight Center is a kaleidoscope of

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extremes ranging all the way from the

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University campus to an industrial

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complex it's a partnership of physicists

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astronomers mathematicians engineers

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managers and experts in almost any high

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technology or craft you can think of

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around the clock whatever the weather

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these buildings fill with the quiet far

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thinking men and women who are producing

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the ideas systems and hardware which is

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gradually changing our world and

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improving the overall quality of life on

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earth the Goddard mission begins with

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very human current pressing needs of two

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types the first is the need for

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fundamental knowledge the knowledge that

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comes from basic scientific enquiry we

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in the space sciences look from planet

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Earth to our solar system to the far

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reaches of the universe instruments on

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spacecraft are the extension of our

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senses ranging from radio waves the

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gamma rays our aim is to understand the

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forces of nature that shape man's

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environment in this enormous task each

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investigator takes a small part of the

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responsibility within his scientific

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discipline the second basic need which

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Goddard serves is the need for just

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plain everyday help what we call

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applications when will it be the best to

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plant is there a threat of a flood what

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is the sea state east of Borneo is an

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earthquake coming can I get a call

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through to Tokyo now will the Olympics

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be telecast have they found the missing

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plane at the edge of Goddard's main site

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there is a fully operational tracking

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station which is part of the worldwide

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network and also serves for training

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tracking sites are positioned in

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Australia Europe South America Hawaii

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and Alaska to obtain complete coverage

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especially of low orbit satellites like

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Landsat and those used in manned

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missions Goddard also uses specially

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instrumented aircraft and ships to

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support split-second decisions over

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remote areas during the critical earth

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orbit and re-entry phases of manned

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flight but the most fascinating new

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development is the use of lasers in

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tracking Skylab astronauts describe them

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as the brightest spots on earth and

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their accuracy is so great that

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satellites can detect a landmass shift

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of only inches spanning new york in

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california here in Goddard's network

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operations control center the commands

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and predictions flow out and the data

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streams and from this room they manage

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the daily workload of up to 50

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satellites working in six nearly

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applications on that day in 1969 when we

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first landed on the moon

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had already been put to work today the

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number exceeds 200 if you're surprised

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at the number of spacecraft which have

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been put to work by Goddard alone you

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may be even more impressed if you think

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of what it takes to design build test

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and fly each single one every component

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power supplies attitude controls sensors

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and electronics all must survive the

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and the punishing vibration tests

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simulating the violence of heavy

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acceleration up through the Earth's

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ocean of air to the massive anechoic

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chambers and vacuum chambers simulating

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the environment of outer space the

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project team the scientists engineers

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comes together on the launch pad on time

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and with total reliability one day

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several years in the future the program

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may also have to survive frequent design

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upgrading as the multiple states of the

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art advanced piece by piece it all comes

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together in the surgical cleanliness of

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integration and final assembly where

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again they must prove that they all work

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the moment of launch is thrilling and

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important but the great moment for those

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who have worked so long and so well

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comes after a successful orbit when the

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first commands are given when the first

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cataract of data starts toward Earth

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when it is successfully reduced analyzed

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and passed to the experimenters then

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only then all prayers are answered the

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more than 100 tons of instruments

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sensors cameras relays and telescopes

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which have been sent spinning so

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effortlessly about our earth have

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touched us all you can measure it

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long-distance calls are cheaper the

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savings from increased accuracy and

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range in weather prediction is computed

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in billions the cash benefits daily to

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shipping farming forestry prospecting

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control of pollution are readily

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acknowledged by those in the field from

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basic science even more dramatic

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applications will flow discoveries which

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will help us protect our near space

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environment increase our understanding

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of the mechanics of earthquakes teach us

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how to relate the activities on our Sun

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to events here on earth the next

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generation of effort will be based on

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multi mission spacecraft carried onboard

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the space shuttle of the ATS making

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space research ever more accessible more

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routine and more cost-effective it is

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everything the doctor Godard predicted

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and more how happy he would have been to

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join the six others riding that rocket

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into space with its vital payload of

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I have here copy of a letter written in

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1932 by dr. Goddard to the famous

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historian the futurist HG Wells let me

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read just one paragraph for you to me

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this one paragraph says it all how many

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years I shall be able to work on the

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problem I do not know I hope as long as

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I live there can be no thought of

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finishing for aiming at the Stars both

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literally and figuratively is a problem

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to occupy generations so that no matter