Astrophysicist Dr. Donald Clayton on History of Earth (1963)

Duration: 1:32

Year Published: 1963

Sound: sound

Description: This news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on October 1, 1963, captures and interview with astrophysicist Dr. Donald Clayton. He explains his calculations on the age of Earth’s crust and what it would take to send astrophysicists into space. In 1992, NASA awarded Dr. Clayton with the Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work in astrophysics related to the formation of chemical elements in the explosion of stars.