Word: public
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...novelty of going to the moon, and of space exploration in general, wore off quickly, in part because the government's commitment to those programs came out of political and military expediency ("Beat the Commies"), rather than any scientific motivation. In aligning itself in the public eye with Johnson and Nixon, the Pentagon, and other symbols of conservatism, NASA unintentionally hurried its own decline. For these "friends" of the space program aided it only when such help was good policy...
...drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne in Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquidick the morning before. By the time "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed" reached Houston, the White House had already dispatched Tony Ulasewicz to dig up all the dirt on the incident. When space lost its public appeal and propaganda value, most "supporters" dropped...
...been growing long before Apollo XI left the pad at Cape Kennedy. The $25 billion price tag for the manned space program, spread out over ten years, provided a nice target for those who thought we should "solve our problems on earth before we worry about space." The public image of NASA and space exploration evolved into one of tremendous waste, of massive expenditures for little or no return...
...council vote passed the bill to a second reading. A public hearing before the Board of Ordinance, and another vote will probably delay passage until shortly before the November election. Walsh said...
ANNOYING AS THESE directorial intrusions may be, at least they are flaws in an interesting film. The news footage, by itself, would make an entertaining documentary Noyce must have sifted through eons of film of find such choice moments--Aussies crawling through the underbrush rooting out Public Enemy #1, the rabbit; the vice-presidential Nixon arriving with Second Lady Pat; flies buzzing around the new Prime Minister and his staff as he decries the Communist menace. The opening sequence, kangaroos excepted, is eerily effective, capturing the strangely fearful confidence of the post-war period...