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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,
00:00:13.512 --> 00:00:15.806
and be comparatively inexpensive.
00:00:16.515 --> 00:00:19.035
[male anchor 3] Development
of the space shuttle will take six years,
00:00:19.001 --> 00:00:22.855
and the first should be in operation
by the end of this decade.
00:00:25.483 --> 00:00:29.999
[male narrator 3] We are on the threshold
of a new era in manned spaceflight.
00:00:29.153 --> 00:00:30.988
The era of the space shuttle.
00:00:32.448 --> 00:00:37.745
[man] In 1977, everything was
shifting focus to this new spacecraft,
00:00:37.828 --> 00:00:39.371
so NASA came out and said,
00:00:39.455 --> 00:00:42.124
"We're looking for our first group
of astronauts
00:00:42.208 --> 00:00:43.876
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.
![[man 2]
Many schools had broadcast the launch, - Challenger: The Final Flight](https://clip.cafe/img400/man-2-many-schools-broadcast-the-launch.jpg)
![[June Scobee Rogers]
When Dick Scobee was three years old, - Challenger: The Final Flight](https://clip.cafe/img400/june-scobee-rogers-when-dick-scobee-three-years-old.jpg)
![[Barbara] The day that the announcement
was made at the White House, - Challenger: The Final Flight](https://clip.cafe/img400/barbara-the-day-the-announcement-was-made-at-the-white-house.jpg)
![And we married just before I was 17
and he was 19. [chuckles] - Challenger: The Final Flight](https://clip.cafe/img400/and-married-just-i-17-and-he-19-chuckles.jpg)
![-Barbara Morgan, congratulations.
-[applause] - Challenger: The Final Flight](https://clip.cafe/img400/barbara-morgan-congratulations-applause.jpg)
![[Brokaw] The real question that
remains to be answered, of course, is, - Challenger: The Final Flight](https://clip.cafe/img400/brokaw-the-real-question-that-remains-be-answered-of-course-is.jpg)