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a wonderful thing. you can give your family or the whole country that is to get that job, whether it's your 1st or 2nd, or your booster. so that next year's festivities are even better than this years. and in the meantime, i thank you. i wish you all a very merry christmas or a challenge has more from louis. but i think the, the main message is for us johnson's christmas address, where as he say, get through state banks to everyone that's been toiling in the national health service. and that he hopes that this christmas will be better than the last. in many ways, this was a classic johnson speech full of johnson is inside may, may they be kind of familiar cultural references or ambitious rhetorical segue. he was talking about the families who might need a bigger turkey this year. have more sprouts to appeal,

need more washing up to do. he said, that's all to the good because that means that more people are able to get together with their families and with their loved ones. he's talking about if you have more scrum pulled up wrapping paper again. that's good because it's shows that people have been giving each other the invaluable presence of vaccines which has enabled them to get together more than they were last year. he, he interesting rhetorical segue as well. perhaps in saying that that jesus would have wanted us to get vaccine or something along those lines. that loving your neighbor is something that jesus would have would have recommended, did recommend. and the vaccines are way to love one's neighbor. we also had the christmas address from pakistan, who's the leader of the labor party, the opposition, a bit more somber from him. he was talking about that too much suffering too much loss being experienced. that too many families have one fewer chairs at the

christmas table. again, he thanked the n h s. this christmas definitely is better than the last one. last one was cancelled or the last minute, but with on the chrome searching, there is still a big shadow hanging over the sensitivities. at least 39 people have been killed after a ferry caught fire in bangladesh. rescue teams managed to save some passages, the local soul soon believe the death toll is likely to rise. the ferry was overcrowded with 500 people. police in northern indian state of rec can have launched a hate speech investigation following a meeting of hindu religious leaders, video is from last week's event. show them calling for genocide and the use of weapons against muslims. a former us police woman has been found guilty of manslaughter, the killing of black men during a routine traffic stop in minnesota. kimberly potter short, 20 year old dante writes last april. she said she'd mistakenly fight her gun

instead of her taser. john henderson has more from minneapolis. this was a very closely watch trial here throughout the united states. because dante wright was shot during the middle of another trial of a white police officer who killed a black man. that was police officer derek showman, who knelt on the neck of george floyd, ultimately killing him. in this case, kim potter stood, was almost impassive. simply lowered her head when each of those verdicts was read . she now has been taken immediately into custody and is already at a prison here in the state of minnesota christmas celebration are under way and best for him. the biblical birthplace of jesus christ, the but the outbreak of the new code of 19 very into only crime has made fewer of in the town in the occupied west bank has been almost prevented because international travel has slowed. the headline news continues after our g 0

correspond me. ready the news ah ah, bill, my modem with just 60 years after the wright brothers man in the i, scientists and engineers will grappling with the next major challenge, putting

a man in space and keeping him alive that as an engineering challenge, it was the most extreme imaginable destination a rocket and the most complicated piece of personal protection equipment man has ever known a space suit for the american side of the space race. the design challenge was handed to a small team inside nasa, approved system of the leader of that team was matthew red, knocked ski mad russian and eccentric 2nd generation jewish immigrant with a can do attitude and a broad boston accent. he was also my grandfather. i barely knew him, he died when i was just 3 years old. apollo 11 was his tri armoire, all for a program and the perfectly designed space suits them and flew in with his legacy. i've always been fascinated by space and i've often wondered how he did it. for me

. the story of the space race isn't just about the men who risk their lives to travel into the unknown. but the ones who held those lives in their hands. ah, i grew up in hartford, sha english, a world away from america in the space race. i'm at my parents house to us, my dad, hugh members about grandpa. looking at our old photographs and watching and ask the film. i realize how little i really know about my grandfather, grandfather and his colleagues worked on the space suits they designed the space suits. that became the, the centerpiece of what the astronauts war and the mercury gemini, and the apollo program that neil armstrong buzz aldrin and all of the astronauts

who followed them. who walked on the moon. i never quite realized, actually i always thought that, oh it was, it was just a very small part in this big machine. and actually i realize now who was actually a big part in the big machine. i think he and a lot of people were big parts in that machine. i think there were a lot of people who took the goals that were given them and they just went on achieved it. why did he say when we were born? i see, i don't even know was he a nice compa? yeah. clinical. yeah. you didn't. you didn't see a lot of him because he lived in texas and we were here already by the time you were born. i was he please. this is this, i'm sancho probably. oh yeah. he loved kept all of you and like to talk about it. what is it not not to come. allison little the peaches in me getting on the counter the nation. i know it, it feels great it's. it's really interesting to reevaluate

a little bit and to remember the terrific person that your grandfather was. my dad was he was, he was a, he was a real character. and i think about him a lot with health. and it's interesting when your parents have been gone for, for while you know, what do you think about and they're still there in the rear and you can hear them anything on my face, but they think of a phantom not dang it. wow, this is great. i think it's so i think it's a chance for you to discover who your grandfather was and it's, it's for you to get to know my dad in a way that may be the start. i mean, we have a few pictures. you know, you're going to go off and talk to people who knew him and worked with them. and i think that's just terrific. i'm really glad my grandfather's fascination was safety

clothing and subsequent. he space seats began during world war t mat ragowski was stationed at 3rd light. bedfordshire in england in the 3 or 6 bombardment group as a navigator in the b. 17 flying fortress has left now is a small museum operated by ra franklin, on the outskirts of the old afield. ah, i've come here with my dad because we both want to hear my grandfather's combat story. i think that some of the equipment used in the u. s. air force at that time may have influenced grampa when he subsequently designed the astronauts clothing and equipment. ralph has a good collection of that old air force equipment hair. during his time at nasa. grandpa designed the astronauts communications helmet effects known as the snoopy cap. it's easy to see how the influence with that came from the 8 is flying helmet

. i always had, i had like this maya lee when you were floor and it was easier to have the of hedge to hit the face and the helmet hours all are complete fixture. and that was what i often, well, apparently, when grandpa was working on the gemini projects, they were the actual complaint i comes, devices kept slipping. and so grandpa said to somebody, oh, just get an a, d h, his cap. and they can wear that underneath their helmet. and that will keep the common device in place. maybe we attached that device to the hat. and i hadn't really realized that it was so literally exactly like that. like he was just like, oh let's get this hat the i remember from the war and see if we can put together he let she was, i would do what i did during the war. that makes sense. that's. that's really cool . ralph also shows me a heated suit that the 8 his war to keep warm when they flew at high altitude.

right, well, this is a he to suit, commonly known as the blue bunny. obviously because this blue i suppose was barney . i don't know. you can see it with all the heating out running through it. i'm surprised how much it looks like something worn by nasa astronaut. this looks just like a cooling suit. you were underneath your, your space suit. so you say okay, how we can manage to keep the actual cool when they're wearing this matter through that weighs more than 2 men. you just put them in a suit that has watering through it. and so again, like with the snoopy app, you can see really clearly that this is something that he would have been it not even slide by such an obvious against an obvious answer to problem. during the war, grandpa was a navigator in a b. 17 caught the cost of the own brianca, but i've never been able to picture him action. so this is really interesting because this is actually inside of a b 17. this picture here. and it's really,

i like it because it's the 1st chance i've had to understand what it would look like inside one. so where's that, where's the pilot in his back here. okay. this is where that is. we're looking from the back here, down in the, from what kind of temperatures would have actually been inside the aircraft to mean that you'd have toilet jacket model. this is when are they? i need you to. yeah, in on jackets, because the american bowman was tongue from greater heights. that was the idea of it. dad asks rouse if there's any record of when grandpa was shut down in 1943, 306. this is going 1st. i have a germany. and you might find dad in here. and matthew, i read off ski, page $289.00. ah. on november 21st lieutenant. we turned off through cast with amber jago with

knocked out a formation when 2 rounds flak hit on. do the notice. we hit once you fall back out of formation. you're an easy target. we had to fall back out of formation because they had hit an engine. and when they hit an engine, there was an inborn edge and it hit me wounding 1st. lieutenant matthew, i ran off ski, the navigator there we are. very. are the tail gunner failed out. everybody bailed allan listed men bailed out of the pilot and the co pilot stayed holding the play it plain level. i was hit in the plane and these same explosions also said the member to engine on fire, severed the throttle and linkage to number one engine via plain logic to engines ultimately and the 3rd engine. finally, they got a great big piece of flack that went into my back ah,

right through i am and suit that i was wearing. i had to, i'm at 61 that i laid on the floor. and another one that was that was sitting and wearing but i went right through it didn't make any difference than another verse to the right side of this for 23rd plane. and 2nd, lieutenant marvin travis co pilot, his babbling did in his right leg while they were having a very bad day. and our laid me out flat. i was laying there and it. and it opened my parish. my parents was laying there in the inside. so the bomb a dia gave me his parish. ah, and catch me to a static line right next to me and threw me out. and other members of the crew who bailed out were 1st. lieutenant douglas mcknight

was received a metal saving money saving my dad got him out if he was the bombardier and sam polk lazy ball turret, gunner, he came down from a very high altitude because it's, it deployed very quickly and it took a long time to get down it's but it was wonderful was so quiet. and then i heard a dog barking. i heard a bell ringing from a church. and then i landed in the trees in a whisper. wonderful land that ever get. i landed in the tower shoes kind of landed over the top of the trees and i plunged down. never hit the ground just a couple of feet from the ground hanging there at british parachute on, which was you just turn turner thing and hit it. and you fall out of it and i was pretty much paralyzed due to my wounds. i was hit currently by a machine gun full as well as in the air cuz i got 3 machine gun bullets in addition in me when i, when i parachute and my boots fell off,

my vest fell off mice escape fit, kit fell off everything. the only that worked was it was the parachute. thank god, but nothing works. that's how i became interested in working with safety equipment . nothing worked. wow. well, i'm glad i sold the book now. it's terrific to get me to warm as young. i'm ready to actually feel humble. when i was, when i was 19 years old, i wasn't doing anything like this ah. in the united states, the calling foundation has offered me the chance to put myself in. grandpa speaks and take my own ride in the b 17. despite my fear of heights, it's an unmissable opportunity. climbing up into the b

17, i'm surprised how crafted homes cole is creating, narrow. it may look imposing from the outside, but it's actually crowded and very functional on the inside. the 1st time i get to see what the painting in the museum is like in real life. i can see the bump disposition and to navigate table where my grandfather would have sat and where he was injured. i'm sitting here with the radio operator would have sat up there. you've got where the pilots and the co pilots would have been a great cuz you can actually, this is open up here and it goes it, i think over a 100 miles an hour. so here we go. here we go with

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think it's a windy day and after the flights i'm told this is made on chip unusually bumpy. similar to how dodging flat during the fall with really cool, but i know like i know i have one night, but i feel grandpa is experience of being shut down in spite his passion for safety, clothing and ultimately led to a career at nasa. well, over the 4th 1957 russia successfully launch sputnik won the world's fast artificial satellites. this act marked the started the space race

a battle for supremacy of space between the us and russia. america responded with the mercury project talk, making allen shepherd the 1st american space in 1900. 61, followed by john glenn, less than a year later. good barbara, in 1962 president john f. kennedy declared, the country would go one step further by putting him out on the moon and returning him safely and all by the end of the day. we choose to go to the mall and mr. kate and do the other thing. not because they are easy, but because they are hard fe called that gold well served to organize and measure the best of our energies and scales. because that challenge is wong, that we're willing to accept one, we are willing to both born and one when you plan to win, and the other still ah,

kennedy's famous rallying call to beat russia to the moon, galvanized thousands of american engineers is developing new technologies, including the space suit the smithsonian's national air and space museum in washington dc, is the perfect place to get the big picture of how the space it was developed. these basic spaces were ones big gara and glen war. basically had the same function. they were there to keep erin in case of emergency on to keep particles out and to protect against any sort of radiation that those high levels of altitude space suits are not very comfortable things to where they're peer heavy, they're awkward, they're bulky. ah, they're constraining. and getting those everything right for the astronaut is very important. so. so you've heard of my grandfather? yes. yes. and i've seen his signature on,

on documents and materials love. yes, he sees very one that i think for me it's hard sometimes to understand exactly how he fit into everything. the process of designing the suit is enormously iterative. it started with propose suit designs and prototype suits that come from private corporations as a bid for a contract with nasa. and they work with with nasa and the crew systems division and the astronauts to decide what's good, what's bad, what has to be fixed and what has to be modified. so there is an ongoing discussion . they have to have a suit that doesn't cost an enormous amount of money on it that satisfies the astronauts because there are going to be the ones working in it. and that also meets the requirements to fit in the spacecraft to work on the operationally in

fits the requirements of nasa and the crew systems division. it sounds like also grandpa would have an actually known a lot of different people if he was mediating between the astronauts. the nasa itself within the contractors in the, at the contractor. he's known among the astronauts, he's known among contractors and certainly at nasa who he's very famous and he has a signature and signing off on materials and designed crazy. i love you incredible to hear someone say he was famous. i can't believe that. it's just. yeah. wow, so everything your, your parents told you was true. 0, one story they did tell me unites astronauts, engineers, and contract is a disaster that could have ended the entire space program by on january 27th. 1967. the crew of a polo one, budget chaffee gus grissom and dead white carrying out the routine test with the plug out to kind of trust the launch when it went disastrously wrong.

everything. when suddenly the control room had one of the crew shouting over the intercom. there was a fire in the capital one and in a pure environment, the court fire the 3 asked, you know, it's with dead within 90 seconds. walter cunningham, lunar module, pilot polo 7, was also a member of the backup crew for upon one he had been in the same space croft just the night before. taking cautious. similar tasks to the prime crew was a real shock because we had done the night before, almost the same test. and we were waiting the next day for us in roger to form it

with the plugs out and the has closed. so we are all going to fly back together. and by late afternoon they had been so many delays and little problems in the spacecraft that we finally decided him. about 5 o'clock we were going to take off, we flew back by ourselves. volleyed on the shock we had was when we landed back here at ellington, air force base. and usually we would just walk in and change it or leave our helmets and drive home. but there was a operations officer was there meeting us or something wrong? went inside and he told us about the fire the crew had died. so it was a shock to us. and so we mainly started trying to find out what had happened. and of course, gone by saying the surviving spouse isn't doing what you do after

somebody a friend gets killed like. ah, gus chris, them and roger chaffey were buried owing to national cemetery. the resting place of the nation's hero body at white family, buried him at west point military academy in new york. ah, i think it's very moving to come face to face with that real grave because it makes them more real obviously to see their names and just to see them along with the other graves of military men. these men died by country in a way that i think we never expected to die. and that's what's also so hard. they dived on the ground on a daily task that no one expected to be fatal. and i think that probably was hard to their families is that they, they died in the, in the development stages. they didn't die in face. it was just what considered to

be a monday and friday in the space program was suspended for 18 months while a major investigation looked into what had gone wrong and advised changes to be made among them. the hatch to the captain was redesigned to make emergency escape much easier, and the air inside it was changed to a less flexible mix of nitrogen and oxygen. the new challenge grandpa and the crew system team would be to make the whole command module fire proof. crucially, the space to was specifically redesigned to be made from non probable material. the fire was a tiny point in the face per gram. it brought about the realization, but not just the most obvious, the dangerous scenario needed caution. even a routine test on the launch pad to be fatal after the investigation of the fire closed. all eyes on what new fireproof suit the apollo astronauts would wear and

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