Why explore space?

Duration: 0:21:46

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1962

Creator: Churchill Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Presents questions concerning the reasons for exploration of space. Highlights the achievements of John Glenn. Dramatizes the sensations of orbiting the earth, with pictures actually taken from inside the capsule during Glenn's historic flight. Concludes with suggestions of future implications of space flight for medicine, weather forecasting, and communications., could not find in LOCIS. compares John Glenn's Friendship Seven with Columbus's journey. Awesome footage and dialog. A thought provoking film which raises questions in both science and social studies. What are the values of space research? How does itrelate to world problems? How will new knowledge change your life?The theme is brought to life through a superbly documented historicevent: the flight of John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earthin space.

Complete Record: , Presents questions concerning the reasons for exploration of space. Highlights the achievements of John Glenn. Dramatizes the sensations of orbiting the earth, with pictures actually taken from inside the capsule during Glenn's historic flight. Concludes with suggestions of future implications of space flight for medicine, weather forecasting, and communications., could not find in LOCIS. compares John Glenn's Friendship Seven with Columbus's journey. Awesome footage and dialog. A thought provoking film which raises questions in both science and social studies. What are the values of space research? How does itrelate to world problems? How will new knowledge change your life?The theme is brought to life through a superbly documented historicevent: the flight of John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earthin space.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.