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The Space Program

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"The Kennedy Half Century" — Meio século após a morte de Kennedy

Universidade da Virgínia

4.6 (300 classificações) | 21K alunos inscritos

When John F. Kennedy entered the presidential limousine at Love Field in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, he began his ride into history. That journey continues even today and we call it the Kennedy legacy. This course will explore the Presidency, assassination, and lasting legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Students will learn how JFK’s life, administration, and tragic death have influenced the general public, the media, and each of the nine U.S. presidents who followed. Understanding the Kennedy legacy and being able to identify elements of his legacy within the context of modern politics helps understand many of the vexing problems that developed over the last half century as well as many of the challenges that confront us today. November 22, 1963 was so powerful a moment that in the fifty years since the assassination, every U.S. President that followed JFK has used Kennedy’s words and actions in an effort to craft their own political image. Why does Kennedy’s influence persist, and will it continue? What are the effects? We’ll address these questions and more as we explore The Kennedy Half Century. Follow on Twitter: @JFKclass.

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JR

Aug 29, 2017

Excellent course, taught in a very proactive way. You can tell that this is one of Dr. Sabato's favorite subjects. Way better than other history courses that I have taken. Congratulations!

OH

Jun 05, 2019

Thanks Larry Sabato you're a legend! This course helped me so much and I chose to do my A level history coursework on Kennedy and got a good mark, in part due to this. Loved it :)

Na lição

The Kennedy Presidency and Assassination

Kennedy's Inauguration: The Torch is Passed9:44

Civil Rights17:41

The Space Program6:18

Ministrado por

Professor Larry J. Sabato
Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics

Transcrição

[MUSIC]

I'd like to take a few minutes to discuss what I think is the most inspirational

part of President Kennedy's time in office, other

than perhaps the rhetoric, and that's the space program.

With the Cold War raging, and this really was stimulated by the Cold War.

Kennedy began an emphasis on the space program

as a way to keep pace with the Soviets.

On May 25, 1961, shortly before leaving

for Europe, President Kennedy outlined a bold new vision before a joint session

of Congress that set the United States on a course to the Moon.

In his speech Kennedy called for an ambitious space exploration program

that included not just missions to put astronauts on the moon.

But also a Rover nuclear rocket, weather satellites, and other space projects.

[MUSIC]

>> On a whirlwind tour of Florida, President Kennedy visits Cape

Canaveral, for a first hand look at the mighty Saturn One missile.

This vehicle will carry a 19,000 pound payload into space next month.

A payload larger than any the Russians have launched.

At take off, it will have a thrust of a million and a half pounds.

Again, far ahead of Russian achievements.

[MUSIC]

Then there's a quick helicopter flight to sea.

Where the President will witness a firing of a

Polaris underwater missile from the submerged submarine Andrew Jackson.

The observation ship is named aptly enough, The Observation Island.

[MUSIC]

The President's visit is regarded as an effort to focus attention

on the nation's space program and speed appropriation bills in Congress.

[MUSIC]

The President watches with close interest as the Polaris breaks through

the surface of the sea and heads down the Atlantic Missile Range.

[SOUND]

Under his personal flag, the Commander in

Chief discusses the technical aspects of the shot.

An informal portrait of an ex-Navy man, in action.

[MUSIC]

>> Now, why did Kennedy focus on landing a man on the Moon?

Well, in the wake of Russian cosmonaut

Yuri Gagarin's triumphant orbit around the Earth.

The President told Congress that the

nation should quote, commit itself to achieving.

>> Commit itself to achieving a goal before this decade is out of

landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.

No single space project

in this period will be more impressive to mankind

or more important for the long range exploration of space.

And none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.

>> No one knew until many years later that Kennedy had actually

suggested sending US astronauts to Mars instead of the Moon at first.

He was talked out of it and that's how the Moon goal was set.

Kennedy's larger goal was to show the world that

the United States was still the global leader in science.

Since developing nations would want to be

aligned with the side demonstrating technological superiority.

Take a look at this speech by President Kennedy at Rice University.

What he says is very important in

revealing the spirit of the Kennedy administration

in the 1960s.

>> We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things.

Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

Because that goal will serve to organize and

measure the best of our energies and skills.

Because that challenge is one that we're willing to accept.

One we are unwilling to postpone.

And one we intend

to win.

>> Kennedy's daring Moon goal probably would have fallen

flat if the Soviets hadn't taken the lead in space.

But JFK convinced the country that however huge the

obstacles, it could land a man on the Moon.

24 hours before he died, Kennedy spoke at

the Aerospace Medical Health Center in San Antonio.

Where he encouraged his fellow citizens to keep their eyes on

the heavens. >> We have a long way to go.

Many weeks and months and years of long tedious work lies ahead.

There will be setbacks and frustrations and disappointments.

There will be as there always are, pressures on this country to do less.

In this area as in so many others.

And temptations to do something else that's

perhaps easier. But this research here must go on.

This space effort must go on.

The conquest of space must and will go ahead.

That much we know.

That much we can say with confidence and conviction.

>> As we conclude this segment, I think it's worth

reflecting a bit on the differences between the 1960s and today.

You know when President Kennedy proposed going to the

Moon, he had no idea how we'd get there.

The, vehicles weren't even designed.

They weren't even on the drawing boards.

Imagine today if a president announced that we would

undertake a multi-billion dollar massive undertaking without any real planning.

And stake the nation's reputation

on it.

The pundits would be all over that president.

One can imagine what would happen on cable TV.

Back in the 1960s, perhaps because of our experience

in World War Two, we believed that anything was possible.

That Americans could do anything if they set their minds to it.

[SOUND]

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