It’s You Against the Problem: The Challenge of Space

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1967

Complete Record: NASA, space, science Surveys the nature of research and describes opportunities for employment as a research scientist. Traces the lives of Professor Simon Ostrach and a graduate student as they experiment with protective heat shields and wrestle with the technical and human problems confronting them. Portrays not only the gratifications of accomplishment and recognition, but also the agonies of constant personal struggle with the unknown.