JPL and the Space Age: The Changing Face of Mars

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  @texleeger8973 · 4 years ago

  I was a NASA-freak kid.  I remember when Navy and USAF missiles couldn't get off the ground.  But then it became more successful and it was A-OK all the way.  Mercury astronauts were superheroes.  All liftoffs were TV adventures.  And JPL was residence of the gods.  It was a time for pride and glory and all the excitement a kid could ever want.  It was my time and the memories are sweet.

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• JO

  @JohnIwaszko · 4 years ago

  Not only the best, the most accurate I have ever seen or read, telling the story accurately and without hype or bias.

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• ST

  @stevenpilling5318 · 4 years ago (edited)

  That was an excellent documentary.  It not only brought back memories and answered old questions, but it put a human face on one of the great scientific quests of our times.

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• KE

  @kennethsnyder9236 · 4 years ago

  Most definitely enjoyed the detail description of space exploration provided for the public viewing

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• MA

  @MaryAnnNytowl · 4 years ago

  Oh, what memories! I was little, but these missions were what first made me fall in love with science! ❤❤

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• BI

  @billfoster6479 · 4 years ago

  This is the best documentary I've seen in a long time, I was captivated from start to finish. Having been a very young boy when all this was happening, I had no real concept of just how hard it was. Thank you JPL and thank you NASA.

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• LU

  @lunatom3 · 4 years ago

  Lovely and wonderful!   Brings back my childhood blood-driven drive to become an engineer, aspiring astronaut, etc++.  Please share more of this stuff!

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• CL

  @cliffb1 · 4 years ago

  I have really enjoyed each of the videos that JPL have produced about their endeavours in space exploration. Behind the scenes footage, the great scientists and engineers, footage of some of the spacecraft involved, what a treat! i hope the team that makes these videos continue to make many more. After all, the missions and stories behind them must be almost as infinite as space itself. Well done everyone at JPL!

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  @FredPlanatia · 4 years ago (edited)

  I really appreciated the part of this report devoted to George Pimentel - when I was at Berkeley he was still active though he'd mellowed after having been diagnosed with cancer.  He loved science and yet encouraged junior scientists to remember to live life and balance that against the intense fever that can accompany a devoted career in science. He also knew that it was essential the public be included in the human venture of science, to understand why it brings excitement to help push back against the vast veil of ignorance in human's understanding of the cosmos.  I am grateful to have known such a man.

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  @s1nb4d59 · 4 years ago

  Thoroughly enjoying these documentaries posted by JPL,well done team.

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• RA

  @rauladdams5709 · 4 years ago

  This documentary is an absolute homerun. ❤

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  @ShadowedWilds · 4 years ago

  Watched this on Discord with a few friends. We were hooked all the way through!

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