Apollo 11 - Part One (Listener Request)
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
01/16/21
•14m
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Another listener request! Brody wanted me to cover the first man on the moon and so this week, I lay the foundation of the Apollo 11 mission including how why we got into the space race to begin with and just went into creating NASA.
NASA created a brand new career - astronaut - but just went into being drafted for the new career? And would America ever overcome the Soviet Union in the space race? Tune in and find out.
Sources Used This Episode:
- Shoot for the Moon by James Donovan
- Apollo 11. Directed by Todd Douglas Miller. CNN Films. 2019. Hulu. (LINK)
- Math Invented for Moon Landing Helps Your Flight Arrive on Time by Abigail Tabor, NASA. (LINK)
- The Apollo Missions. Edited by Sarah Loff. NASA. (LINK)
- Apollo 11 Mission Overview. Edited by Sarah Loff. NASA. (LINK)
- Space Program. The John F Kennedy Library. (LINK)
- May 25, 1961: JFK'S Moonshot Speech to Congress. Space.com (LINK)
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January 9, 2021
•13m
This week I talk about the first draft in United States Government - the Articles of Confederation.
Banded together in their quest to defeat the British, the colonies established a basic framework to formalize their current power structure. Nervous about centralizing power, the framers were focused on vesting as much authority as possible into the individual states. However, a series of events known as Shays Rebellion helped put into focus just why a centralized government would be needed if the republic was going to remain standing.
Sources Used This Episode:
- The Quartet by Joseph Ellison
- You Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C Davis
- The John Dickinson Draft of the Articles of Confederation by Jane E Calvert, The Panorama (LINK)
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Apollo 11 - Part Two
January 23, 2021
•16m
This week I wrap up my two part series on the mission to put the first man on the moon, Apollo 11.
In this episode, I give you the history of the three man team that made up Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Mike Collins, how they prepared for such a historic mission and an overview of Apollo 11 itself. Tune in!
Sources Used for This Episode:
- Shoot for the Moon by James Donovan
- Apollo 11. Directed by Todd Douglas Miller. CNN Films. 2019. Hulu. (LINK)
- Math Invented for Moon Landing Helps Your Flight Arrive on Time by Abigail Tabor, NASA. (LINK)
- The Apollo Missions. Edited by Sarah Loff. NASA. (LINK)
- Apollo 11 Mission Overview. Edited by Sarah Loff. NASA. (LINK)
- Space Program. The John F Kennedy Library. (LINK)
- May 25, 1961: JFK'S Moonshot Speech to Congress. Space.com (LINK)
- Apollo 11 Moon Landing Timeline: From Liftoff to Splashdown by Dave Roos. History.com (LINK)
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