STP7 - The Right Stuff and The Start of NASA

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English - October 15, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
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STP 7

Following the release of 'The Right Stuff' on Disney+ this week, Dave and Emily discuss the history of Tom Wolfe's book, the original 1983 film and the first two episodes.

With that in mind, they then get talking about the origins of NASA, the Space Task Group and the Mercury 7.

NASA History files:

"The Birth of NASA" - https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html

"The Space Task Group: - https://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Space_Task_Group

"Project Mercury Overview - Astronaut Selection" - https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/astronaut.html

Michael Collins Washington Post Article about The Right Stuff from 1979: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1979/09/09/so-you-want-to-be-an-astronaut/42df935f-a624-44c9-b354-bb87ab1727e6/

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp-1-the-podcast-has-launched-d6e92-mpyzr-xswpe-5x8j3-3z645-xmxzf

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