The Dark Side of
the Moon
The Apollo Program
Fakeout
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The US Space Program
JFK promise:
– To put a man on the moon by the end
of the decade
Function:
1. To develop technology for large
rocketry relating to heavy payloads
a) Larger and better satellites for
communication and spying
b) Larger nuclear warheads, multiple
nuclear warheads
2. To demonstrate US technological
superiority over the Soviets as a
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The US Space Program
Three sequential programs
1. Mercury – Single manned missions – test
human endurance in space
2. Gemini – Two men missions – test technology
of maneuvering, rendezvous, and docking in
Earth orbit
3. Apollo – Three man mission – land men on the
moon using two modules launched together
a) The Command Module – the crew cabin and
return vehicle – One man stays in moon orbit
b) The Lunar Excursion Module (LEM or LM) –
will land on the moon with crew of two, and will
return to lunar orbit to rendezvous with CM 3
Apollo 11
• First mission to land on the moon - 1969
– Command module Pilot
• Michael Collins
– LEM (nicknamed “Eagle”) Pilot
• Buzz Aldrin
– Mission Commander
• Neal Armstrong
• First man to step onto the moon:
– “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind.” 4
Stanley Kubrick
Filmography
1. Day of the Fight (1951)
2. Flying Padre (1951)
3. Fear and Desire (1953)
4. Seafarers, The (1953)
5. Killer's Kiss (1955)
6. The Killing (1956)
7. Paths of Glory (1957)
8. Spartacus (1960)
9. Lolita (1962)
10. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
11. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
12. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
13. Barry Lyndon (1975)
14. The Shining (1980)
15. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
16. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
17. Minority Report (completed by Steven Spielberg)
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2001: a Space Odyssey
Co-authored with
Arthur C. Clarke
Known for its
exactingly correct
special effects
The first sci fi movie
to take seriously
the science of
space travel
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Barry Lyndon
Famous for its stunning photography using a new special
lens that allowed film photography in candlelight
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Dark Side of the Moon
Stanley Kubrick Jack Torrence
Christiane Kubrick Michael Collins
Werner Von Braun Neil Armstrong
Vernon Walters David Bowman
Farouk Elbaz Buzz Aldrin
Jerry Hoffman Eve Kendall
Dave Scott Donald Rumsfeld
JFK Henry Kissinger
Yuri Gagarin Lawrence Eagleburger
Sergei Korolev Alexander Haig
Baikonur Richard Helms
Soviet Cape Canaveral Richard Nixon
Apollo I – The Plan
– The Rationale
Space program costs
Ambrose Chapel
2001 influence on NASA
George Kaplan
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New York Herald Tribune
Picture and audio credits
Apollo Insignia:
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Human.Exploration.and.D
evelopment.of.Space/Human.Space.Flight/Apollo.Missions/Apollo.I
nsignias/
Flag on the Moon
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/fullimage.jsp
All other Apollo 11 photos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
2001 poster:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/2001_movie_poster.j
pg
2001 background:
http://www.the-labs.com/Backgrounds/2001-background.jpg
Barry Lyndon photo:
http://ruthlessreviews.com/pics4/barrylyndon4.jpg
“Eagle has landed” and reading plaque
http://www.eaglehaslanded.com/index.htm
“One small Step”
http://andreas.welcomes-you.com/links/index.html
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