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When David Chudwin was a 19 year old college news reporter for the University of Michigan in the summer of 1969, he only had the time and money to cover [had the choice of covering] one of two big events – Woodstock or the launch of Apollo 11. Luckily for space aficionados he chose correctly. David was one of a very few number of young reporters present at Cape Canaveral for the Apollo pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities. He wrote a book on his experiences and was able to interview David about his time at the Apollo 11 launch, the space program since and where the space program is headed.
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0:41 – David talks about he started in the field of space.
1:48 – David talks about how he got press credentials for the Apollo 11 launch as a 19 year old.
4:35 – David talks about the good luck he had in covering the Apollo 11 launch.
6:14 – David talks about the space articles he had written prior to this event. He explains that some liberal journalists felt the space program was part of the military-industrial complex and opposed it and feared the dangers of future technology.
8:07 – David talks about being the only college students covering the launch but one 15 year old lied his way into the event.
9:34 – David talks about the atmosphere before the launch.
12:08 – David talks about taking amazing photos at the event.
13:59 – David talks about being awed by the vehicle assembly building.
16:27 – David talks about the space celebrities he saw at the event.
19:18 – David talks about how they got a hotel in such a crowded event.
21:03 – David talks about how they got around the area and the news center.
21:51 – David talks about how lax the security at the event was.
24:07 – David talks about how the event was one big celebration.
25:19 – David talks about what he saw the day of the launch.
28:16 – David talks about how the astronauts looked before entering the Apollo 11.
30:57 – David talks about the weather at the time and then the launch and what he experienced.
34:35 – David talks about the rocket’s flight into the sky and Jack King announcing the flight.
35:50 – David talks about what happened post-launch.
37:04 – David talks about protests at the launch.
37:45 – David talks about he stayed at Kennedy since he didn’t have the money to fly to Houston.
39:45 – David talks about witnessing the Moon landing while at Kennedy.
41:55 – David talks about the adjustments that had to be made when landing on the Moon.
42:56 – David talked about concerns about what the Russians were doing.
44:13 – David talks about running into the Apollo 11 crew in Chicago.
46:32 – David talks about there being marginal interest on the landing among non-engineers. He also discusses Woodstock.
48:07 – David talks about Woodstock.
49:10 – David talks about how he went into medicine.
50:11 – David talks about aerospace medicine.
51:07 – David talks about the slowdown of the Apollo program.
53:55 – David talks about what has renewed interest in space.
56:16 – David talks about the importance of individual initiative in revitalizing the space program.
57:56 – David talks about how to increase interest in space and STEM.
59:48 – David talks about space as a competitive area between nations.
1:01:06 – David talks about getting to Mars and the expense.
1:04:34 – David talks about the need to deal with the threat of the Earth being hit by meteors.
1:06:06 – David talks about the use of commercial space by NASA and DoD.
1:09:36 – David talks about the politics of using legacy companies for space exploration.
1:10:38 – David talks about science developed by the space program.
1:14:09 – David talks about the title of his book. He can be found on facebook at David Chudwin.
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Guests: David Chudwin
Host: Cris Alvarez
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