This video is a blast from the past by Disney studios, circa 1957, of a proposed mission to Mars featuring rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun. It amazes me how forward-thinking it is, even today.
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A blast-off from the past! I love the soundtrack.
Eleanor
Amazing that half a century ago these were the kinds of foreward thinking ideas that our culture was fostering in popular media.
I wonder why they specifically chose cesium plasma for their concept?
I always loved this series. I fix computers and technology in my business, but I also do classes for kids on space and dinosaurs and such. That’s why I posted this on YouTube and also TeacherTube.com (for teachers and such that can’t see YouTube in schools).
The rest of this series can be found on:
http://www.teachertube.com/groups_home.php?urlkey=space
(click on the ‘topics’ to see the list of videos) or if TeacherTube is running slow:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=34C8FBFDF8E36B28
I also just posted the prequel to this series, Disney’s Man in Space, on the same spot on Teachertube, or:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2AD567ED8B95D576
Glad you all enjoyed it!