Space Policy Edition #17: The 75th Anniversary of the Rocket Age, with Dr. Michael Neufeld

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🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Fifteen years before Sputnik, on a bright 1942 afternoon in northern Germany, a thundering machine of metal and fire pierced the sky, ultimately touching the edge of space for the first time in history. It opened a new era of opportunity and terror with rocket technology. Dr. Michael Neufeld joins us discuss the significance of this test and how it happened.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi Space Policy Edition fans we'll get started with the October 2017 program in a moment
0:05.9	but Casey and Jason and I wanted to make sure that you knew that we had to record this
0:11.6	the day before the first meeting of the Reconstituted National Space Council.
0:18.0	So you can bet that we will have more to say about that.
0:21.0	And Casey Dreyer will join me with a few thoughts on the
0:25.3	weekly edition of Planetary Radio that will be posted on our website on Wednesday
0:30.9	October 11th. Just a short commentary, but much more
0:35.0	as that National Space Council begins
0:37.7	to play its role in space policy here in the United States. Let's get started.
0:43.6	Welcome back,
0:52.3	Space Policy fans. It's time again for the space policy addition of
0:56.0	planetary radio. I'm Matt Kaplan the host of planetary radio with this monthly
1:01.8	episode that comes to you courtesy of the Planetary Society
1:06.2	of which of course you are all members by now more about that in a moment
1:10.0	joining me as always are Casey Dryer the director of space policy for the planetary society.
1:15.2	Hello Casey.
1:16.2	Hey Matt, hey Jason, and happy 60th anniversary of the Space Age.
1:20.9	Yes, indeed. Unless you counted from that first successful flight of the
1:25.0	V2 which I think we'll be hearing quite a bit about later in today's show because
1:30.9	that's going to be your topic and a very special conversation
1:34.7	Casey. Oh absolutely stay tuned because we have a really fun conversation with
1:39.4	Dr Michael Neufeld he's a curator in the Space History Department at the Smithsonian Institute, 15 years before Sputnik.
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