The Space Race

From the mid-1950s the Soviet Union and the United States were engaged in a race to be the first to conquer outer space. When President Kennedy challenged the country in 1962 to go to the moon and come back within the decade, it seemed like an impossible task: something that was science fiction. But the United States met the challenge and succeeded. This week we talk about how the space race affected us growing up Generation X. Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com iTunes » itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/genxgrownup-podcast/id1268365641 Google » play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iuthetoh4i5abybbnn4em36icwi Pocket Casts » pca.st/8iuL Stitcher » www.stitcher.com/s?fid=146720&refid=stpr TuneIn » tunein.com/radio/GenXGrownUp-Podcast-p1020342/ Spotify » spoti.fi/2TB4LR7 Show NotesTimeline of 50 years of space travel » www.space.com/4422-timeline-50-years-spaceflight.html 20 Things we would not have without space travel » go.nasa.gov/30MrAV6 NASA Technologies Benefit Our Lives » spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2008/tech_benefits.html Kennedy’s speech at Rice University » youtu.be/WZyRbnpGyzQ Mercury missions » www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/index.html Gemini missions » www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gemini/index.html Apollo missions » www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html Follow Apollo 11 in real time » apolloinrealtime.org/11/ Apollo 11 moon landing influenced toys, jewelry, and later movies » bit.ly/30PpofB The Right Stuff on Amazon » amzn.to/30QniME First Man on Amazon » amzn.to/30Ta01I Hidden Figures on Amazon » amzn.to/30QlWRU Apollo 11 on Amazon » amzn.to/30P08Gr Apollo 13 on Amazon » amzn.to/30RedTG Email the show » podcast@genxgrownup.com Visit us on YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices