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[Harwood] The shuttle is what opened
everybody's mind to the thought, "We're gonna open space up
to more average people." [male narrator 2] Space missions
will become routine, with everyday scientists,
not highly trained astronauts, and be comparatively inexpensive. [male anchor 3] Development
of the space shuttle will take six years, and the first should be in operation
by the end of this decade. [male narrator 3] We are on the threshold
of a new era in manned spaceflight. The era of the space shuttle. [man] In 1977, everything was
shifting focus to this new spacecraft, so NASA came out and said, "We're looking for our first group
of astronauts to specifically fly the space shuttle."
everybody's mind to the thought, "We're gonna open space up
to more average people." [male narrator 2] Space missions
will become routine, with everyday scientists,
not highly trained astronauts, and be comparatively inexpensive. [male anchor 3] Development
of the space shuttle will take six years, and the first should be in operation
by the end of this decade. [male narrator 3] We are on the threshold
of a new era in manned spaceflight. The era of the space shuttle. [man] In 1977, everything was
shifting focus to this new spacecraft, so NASA came out and said, "We're looking for our first group
of astronauts to specifically fly the space shuttle."
Full Transcript
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[Harwood] The shuttle is what opened
everybody's mind to the thought,
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"We're gonna open space up
to more average people."
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[male narrator 2] Space missions
will become routine,
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with everyday scientists,
not highly trained astronauts,
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and be comparatively inexpensive.
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[male anchor 3] Development
of the space shuttle will take six years,
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and the first should be in operation
by the end of this decade.
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[male narrator 3] We are on the threshold
of a new era in manned spaceflight.
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The era of the space shuttle.
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[man] In 1977, everything was
shifting focus to this new spacecraft,
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so NASA came out and said,
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"We're looking for our first group
of astronauts
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to specifically fly the space shuttle."
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Movie Summary
Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.