Unexplained sightings in space. Strange formations on the surface of Mars. And lunar missions rumoured to have secret agendas. Is NASA sharing all that it knows about the universe? Or is it protecting us from the truth? Ancient Aliens s4e5 The Nasa Connection, History 2004
So you’re telling me that NASA is going to kill the president of the United States with an earthquake? Conspiracy Theory 1997 starring Julia Roberts & Mel Gibson & Patrick Stewart & Cylk Cozart & Steve Kahan & Terry Alexander & Pete Koch & Dean Winters & Sean Patrick Thomas & Joan Lunden et al, director Richard Donner, Roberts to Gibson
This is the bizarre case of a penniless student’s cosmic crime. He thought he was James Bond and boasted he’d had sex on the moon. He roped in accomplices to steal NASA’s priceless moon rocks ... A brazen crime of astronomical stupidity. Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist, National Geographic 2012
Thad Roberts, a science student who also ran the university’s [Utah] astronomical society. ibid.
NASA’s high security vaults contain the priceless rocks collected on the moon. ibid.
FBI and NASA investigators were hot on his trail. They were posing as his email contact called Lynn. ibid.
On 25th May 1961 US president John F Kennedy committed the resources of his nation and launched Project Apollo: one of the greatest technological undertakings in the history of mankind. Apollo 17: The Untold Story, Discovery 2013
But only two years later, in 1972 public and political interest in Apollo had dwindled. NASA was forced to cancel their last three missions ... Nasa’s final mission: Apollo 17. ibid.
NASA owes it to the citizens from whom it asks support to be frank, honest and informative. And so that these citizens can make the wisest decisions for the use of their limited resources for a successful technology. Reality must take precedence over public relations for Nature cannot be fooled. Professor Richard Feynman
There was already a parallel space program, and it had been continuing from even before the time that NASA was created in 1958. October 1958 NASA were incorporated by President Eisenhower. The secret space program was run by the Department of Defense. It took its original form in Project Horizon which was established in 1959: the colonisation of the moon. Marcus Allen, Nexus Magazine
July 1958: America establishes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA – it’s a direct reaction to their cold war enemy the Soviet Union, who less than a year before had launched the first man-made satellite Sputnik to the shock of the West ... NASA’s brief is to beat the Russians ... The Space Race is on ... Project Mercury is born ... Its objective to put a man in earth orbit. NASA Triumph and Tragedy
There’s the ever-present smell of coffee and cigarettes ... You can walk in and pick it up instantly. Then there’s the sound of the room, there’s a hum, a noise level, somehow you can feel the atmosphere just crackling in there. Male witness
There are parts of NASA that even we have to admit are ... Bullshit! Penn & Teller, Bullshit! s6e3: NASA, Showtime 2008
Is NASA inspiring today’s kids? ibid.
[James] Oberg is critical of a NASA culture that frowns on dissent of any kind. ibid.
Just how complacent were they? The Columbia accident was caused by a piece of foam insulation that broke off during take-off ... Several shuttle missions before the Columbia had reported the foam debris damage. ibid.
Branson is selling tickets already to go into sub-orbital space for just $200,000. Snacks included. ibid.
Everything that NASA did was connected to the symbology of the ancient mystery religions of Babylon, Egypt, Greece, India and many others. Bill Cooper
For NASA, space is still a high priority. Dan Quayle
To most people in the UK, indeed throughout Western Europe, space exploration is primarily perceived as ‘what NASA does’. This perception is in many respects a valid one. Superpower rivalry during the Cold War ramped up US and Soviet space efforts to a scale that Western Europe had no motive to match. Martin Rees
In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since. Chuck Yeager
Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA. It seems that the President is answering that call. I wholeheartedly support his vision for going back to the moon, and from there to worlds beyond. Sheila Jackson Lee
The most hazardous and dangerous adventure on which mankind has ever embarked. For All Mankind, Kennedy, 1989
Today is not the game we’ve been playing in training to years: this is reality. ibid. astronaut Harrison Schmitt
What a ride! What a ride! ibid. astronaut
What a view! ibid.
You’re the representative of humanity at the point in history. ibid.
This is really a rugged planet. ibid.
I felt very welcome there. ibid.
Man must explore. ibid.
We felt an unseen love; we were not alone. ibid.
Some believe Nasa has encountered evidence of UFOs, and some UFO researchers say they are covering it up … Official Nasa videos capture possible anomalous objects on film but Nasa dismisses the sightings. UFO Hunters s1e13: The Nasa Files, History 2008
‘The picture of a shuttle coming apart will live with me for ever.’ Days that Shaped America: Challenger Disaster, History 2018
‘A hyper media event because of the school-teacher.’ ibid.
‘It’s very loud. The ground begins to shake.’ ibid.
‘The loss of seven astronauts and a national tragedy.’ ibid.
In 1985 Concord MH high school teacher Christa McAuliffe is chosen to be American’s first private citizen to fly into space. In the months leading up to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger, the mother of two rehearses lesson plans that will be broadcast live from the spacecraft. She is 37 years old. Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes, captions, National Geographic 2018
Space flight today really seems safe. ibid. McAuliffe television interview
Between January 22 and January 27 1986 the launch is delayed due to mechanical problems, weather, and delays from another shuttle mission. ibid. caption
The temperature here at the Kennedy Space Centre dropped down into the twenties. ibid. news commentary
Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977. Their mission: to explore the outer solar system. They each carried a golden record: a time capsule of life on Earth, to communicate with aliens, should they ever encounter any … Storyville: The Farthest: Voyager’s Interstellar Journey, caption, BBC 2018
To improve their chances of success, two spacecraft would be built and launched. They began their lives in Pasadena, California in 1972. ibid.
There were 27 pieces of music chosen for Voyager’s golden record, including Beethoven’s 5th. ibid.
It would take Voyager almost two years to reach Jupiter. ibid.
Jupiter: Voyager recorded the sounds of the violent radiation onslaught. ibid.
‘Every 48 seconds a new image would come down.’ ibid. Nasa dude
‘Now it’s five years of cruising out to Uranus’ [from Jupiter] ... ‘so remote it’s not even known until 200 years ago.’ ibid.
In January 1986 Voyager II arrived at Uranus, 1.8 billion miles from Earth. At closest approach, it flew just 51,000 miles above Uranus’ cloud tops. ibid.
In the summer of 1989, 12 years after leaving Earth, Voyager II finally approached Neptune, almost 3 billion miles away. ibid.
Voyager passed a mere 3,000 miles above Neptune’s north pole, arriving with split-second accuracy … ‘The southern hemisphere of Triton is entirely covered with nitrogen ice.’ ibid.
Triton: ‘Should have been a frozen cinder. The last place we would have expected to see further dynamics, further eruptions. ibid.
Voyager’s mission was now officially the interstellar mission. Its goal: to exit the heliosphere, the bubble of influence around our sun, and enter the galaxy beyond. ibid.
August 2012: ‘It just popped out of the bubble. Voyager I has left our solar system … now it’s in interstellar space.’ ibid.
Both Voyagers send signals home every day taking up to 18 hours to reach Earth. Voyager II has yet to reach interstellar space. ibid.
Future Strategic Issues/Future Warfare [Circa 2025] Dennis M Rushnell, Chief Scientist, Langley Research Centre. Truthstream Media: Nasa’s Future of War 2025 is Already Here