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On this day, November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Saturday OP
Remember when von Braun and Cronkite did CBS space coverage together? displacedvermoter Saturday #1
"He aimed for the stars--but sometimes he hit London." Timeflyer Saturday #2
I remember that... 2naSalit Saturday #3

displacedvermoter

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1. Remember when von Braun and Cronkite did CBS space coverage together?
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 07:54 AM
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Wonder what Cronkite thought about having to share the screen with a Nazi who made weapons of mass destruction for Hitler?

It was pretty cool TV none the less. Each network had its own team covering big events.

2naSalit

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3. I remember that...
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:38 AM
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I was young but my brother and dad were all about this so, by osmosis, I was witness to this too. I later, while in college, met his daughter who was an administrator at U of I in Idaho.

The space program was a big deal in our house when I was a kid, my brother made sure I learned everything he did so he could have someone to share all his knowledge with since we moved so often that we were our only friends much of our childhoods.

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