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On this episode of Newt's World, this past Sunday, Virgin Galactics Richard Branson and his

team of three other people made history when they went to space in a test flight,

part of the new space race for space tours. The advances we've seen with space travel and technology

in my lifetime are actually stunning. And I wanted to go back and look at a time when the space race

was between the United States and the Soviet Union and the Mercury 7 were the famous astronauts,

including John Glenn, who were going to put the United States in history books. That's why

I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Jeff Schussel. He's a historian, author and former

presidential speech waiter for Bill Clinton and he's here to talk about his recent book, Mercury Rising,

John Glenn, John Kennedy and the new battleground of the Cold War.

Jeff, let me start by bringing you to the present. What's your reaction to this summer's

sort of combined Elon Musk, Richard Branson? Jeff, these are extravaganza.

Extravaganza is a good word for it. Well, first, Mr. Speaker, I just want to thank you so much

for having me on the program. I know we share an interest in these subjects. It is an incredible

thing that we're witnessing. It was really something else to see Richard Branson and the rest of his

passengers and the pilot doing flips and zero gravity and soon to be followed. We know by Jeff

Bezos and it really does feel like we were entering that new era of space tourism that it is.

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