Disney Sells the Space Dream | KCET
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There was a symbiosis between the aviation and aerospace industries and the Southern California lifestyle. Thanks to the people who had their eyes on space, the world was introduced to windsurfing and futuristic architecture that defined an era.
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In response to JFK’s call to land a man on the moon, America relied on the workforce in Southern California, the aerospace capital of the world. Listen to them recount the rock and roll-like excitement of the times.
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Walt Disney and Wernher Von Braun were major figures in the popularization of space.
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Once a month in California, air raid sirens would go off, marking the time when all residents would begin their duck and cover drills. Listen to the stories of an older generation who lived under constant threat of nuclear annihilation.
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Discover the mysterious beginnings of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and its "rocket boys."
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While it was an American team that first graced the surface of the moon, the message was clear that this was an achievement for all to share.
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Despite gender and racial discrimination, Bessie Coleman and those inspired by her blazed the trail for future female aviators.
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The advent of World War II marked an aviation-industry boom in Southern California. What’s left standing in the neighborhoods we now call home after the rise of aviation giants such as Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft and Northrop may surprise you.
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Southern California produced two of the three stages of the behemoth Saturn V rocket, the space vehicle that housed the astronauts during the journey to the moon.
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Author Sharman Apt Russell writes a poignant letter to her deceased father, Captain Milburn Apt, one of the famous pilots of Edwards Air Force Base who tested the X-2 experimental rocket research plane.
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