Andrew Chaikin
Andrew Chaikin
Andrew L. Chaikinis an American author, speaker and science journalist. He currently lives in Vermont...
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It's sort of a house of cards in the sense that all of the hopes for human space flight have been pinned on that station,
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They met the challenge. They met it beautifully. The energy that flowed through NASA at that time, the excitement, the adrenaline, it all stemmed from the fact that space had become very crucial to the nation's reputation and strength in the world.
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I think the excitement factor is crucial. I think that we desperately need inspiration and we desperately need an investment in our long-term future.
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NASA had to adjust to that cruel reality.
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The flight controllers, the people who manned the trenches in mission control, these were kids. They were in their 20s and 30s. And they were controlling a moon mission.
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NASA never really adapted to that new paradigm.