today on "through the decades." a simple medical report-- that few initially noticed but by the end of the 80's we had watched the obscure new disease called aids-- turn into a full blown epidemic. a baby girl in los angeles who would become an icon. an idea from a couple cleveland teens who created super. and, what one man builds in his shed-- that is only the start of america's car culture. plus, the start of news revolution. the hall-of-famer who got his shot and never gave it back. even how getting canceled took a television icon to a whole new level. it's all today... "through the decades." here we relive, remember and relate to the news and trends ofthe day through the lens

time. "it's a disease first detected in the gay community that has now spread beyond that." "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's superman!" "i think it's going to be the biggest hit, or the biggest god ever made." i'm ellee pai hong. i'm kerry sayers. and, i'm your host, bill kurtis. this is "through the decades" the year was 1981, and on june 5th...the centers for disease antrol and prevention issued woulding new report. it thete two epidemics. by turn of the century, hundreds of thousands would die in the u.s. but one thing spread than the disease -- fear. "bobby campbell is fighting for rapidly. one of a hasing group whose battle

fascinated and frightened karposiedicine. he has cancer, a deadly skin that first appeared on the theom of his feet as spots aze of a quarter. there is one in five chance a victim will die within the first year the illnesss. it is a disease that was first detected in the gay community that has now spread beyond that. a disease that experts are now calling a national epidemic." "at the center for disease 400rol in atlanta, where ases have been reported, beenal task force has now set up. one possibility; a rare herpes virus may attack the body's immune system bringing lethal, the cancer or a form of pneumonia." fear and panic set in...and the inevitable questions... "why just certain georgraphic areas? why just certain groups? and most frightening the possibility that the virus can be transmitted from person to person, virtually a contagious form of cancer." "specialists argue that millions of dollars should be for research, now."

but it was still early and word wast the dreaded disease not getting out fast enough. "a report out today found that menin every 350 single living in heavily homosexual neighborhoods in san francisco has the incurable disease known sayids and researchers probablyures therestimate the rate of homosexuals. male may concern that aids become epidemic throughout the inion, there is no cure sight..." "there are more lives claimed, toxics claimed, than diseased legionnaires theined and yet, most of country doesn't know about this cancer." "why?" "well, cause i think it's because it's a gay cancer." soon the world would find out that wasn't exactly the case. "infected form blood americaons. panicked.." by 1982, the cdc introduced the term 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome' or aids. "the aids virus attacks and destroys white blood cells, stripping the body of its

resistance to other illnesses. tos victims soon fall prey cancers, pneumonia, fevers & wasting sickness. the medical profession has been working overtime in the search an answer. scientists have made some progress. the aids virus lives in the bloodstream." and that's how ryan white, a thirteen year old hemophiliac, contracted the disease. the indiana teenager found himself in the national spotlight when inwas diagnosed with aids december 1984. "ryan acquired the deadly bloode through a schoolsion and the system, fearing contact with from students, barred him attending class." ryan tried keeping up with his homework thru a special phone hookup. "if you also would open your textbook." "it keeps fading in and out and you can't hear anything." "even though the state health familyioner agrees with notors, that ryan poses threat to other students, school officials here say they won't reconsider their decision."

"it's bad enough that ryan has ando through aids period thewe have to go through public and the school people and the parents." by 1985, elton john heard about ryan's story and incensed at he was being treated, reached out to the teenager. the two became friends. elton was even at ryan's bedside when he died in 1990. to this day, the singer credits brave teenager for his own awarenesst in aids and carrying on ryan's work--- educatingthe about the disease and finding a cure. "mr. rock hudson, has acquired immune deficiency syndrome..." rock hudson became the first major celebrity to go public so, the disease. in doing he confirmed that he was gay and to the world this was how hudson came out. shortly after his announcement, longtime friend elizabeth taylor a celebrity studded gala.

"all we can do, at this point, havelp our friends who aids and the only way we can do that-- is by doing what you are ofng --by giving--giving support, money and love." in a letter read to the room, their thanked people for support and even the media for getting the word out about aids. "people have told me that the beenosure that i have acquired as having syndromeficiency alped to make this evening raises and that it will in excess one million dollars to help against the battle of aids. i've also been told that the media coverage of my own enormous has brought thernational attention to gravity of this disease in all areas of humanity and is to more research, more

betterution of funds, a diseasending of the not ever before. i am noty that i am sick. i'm happy that i have aids. but if that is helping others, i can least know that my own misfortune has had some positive worth..." more people started talking about the disease... so there began a campaign to lower the risks... by 1991, the nba had its first diagnosis... "the hiv virus that i have, attained, i will have to retire from the lakers." other celebrities like liberace and tennis player arthur ashe would succumb to the disease. by the late 90's, things began to improve...annual aids- deaths in the u.s. by more than 40% mostly

the advent of combination drug therapy. it was the kind of serious world issue that requires multi- party international talks and to a nobel prize. today, we tell the story of dairy diplomacy -- how the world came together--over cheese. a moment in the american journey-- when our fantasies and realities aligned on television. and the creation of two teens from cleveland- that proved more powerful than a locomotive. june fifth saw a number of this day in 1933-- was the

time the u.s. government didn't back up your money. this is the day congress took off the gold standard. in 1964-- the rolling stones began their first u.s. concert tour. the first date was at the sange show fairgrounds in bernardino. and in 1988, mae jemison became the first black female astronaut. she credited star trek with inspiring her as a child. she even appeared on an episode nextar trek : the generation. another first happened this week in 1938. in the generations that have followed ... superman has been instantly recognizable ... the archetype of the superhero genre

cloaked in blue and red ... and branded with a bold letter "s." "up in the sky, look! it's a it's it's a plane, superman!" superman ... the preeminent superhero ... was born from the minds of two teenage boys ... living in cleveland, ohio ... jerry siegel and joe shuster ... they met at glenville high school in the early 30's ... began collaborating almost immediately ... jerry would write ... and joe would draw ... their first rendition of aperman came in 1933 ... as bald villain ... but a year later ... siegel avised the character to be hero ... and for the next four years ... forel and shuster searched a publisher... eventually catching the eye of national allied publications ... who on june first ... 1938 ... cover"superman" as the

comics for their action number one ... siegel and shuster's creation was an instant hit ... and in 1939 ... national allied publications decided to launch superman into its own self- titled comic book ... which ... at the time ... had never been done before ... within a few years ... superman was selling over a million copies a month ... becoming a certified phenomenon ... and an integral hallmark of american culture ... as the embodiment of moral fortitude ... and sheer ... infinite strength ... "well i think it's actually interesting that this character thesort of a creation of depression; which is people's

feeling of powerlessness and the notion of two kids creating a person that has all the sortties in the world, is of indicative of the era that in,that it was created which was in the middle of the depression." but superman would far outlive the era of his creation ... "faster than a speeding bullet a. more powerful than locomotive ... able to leap tall buildings in a single bound." have are fantasies that stretched across all generations ... but while the character amassed a media dynasty ... so creators ... wouldn't be lucky ... "this is a story of two men who dreamed up a super idea and then saw others race away with it faster than a speeding bullet" "we felt at one time that during these long years it was our american dream. and our american dream became an american tragedy."

going back to superman's very actionppearance in comics number one ... siegel and shuster sold the rights to their work to national allied publications ... it's a decision that would haunt the two in the decades that followed ... on several occasions they fought to retain the rights ... but were largely unsuccessul ... until 1976 ... when they were finally granted a concession ... "the final agreement was signed today. siegel and shuster, both annuall each receive an medicalpension, full for and provisions linetives. their by- restored." that 20-thousand was later ...eased to 30-thousand empire compared to the they created ... from young imaginations ... to pagetrips of a comic book ... the screens of hollywood and beyond ... the same immortality that shuster and siegel empowered their character with a. has come to fruition in byiety forever fascinated the super human ...

"that's a wonderful story lois." thanks, clark but i owe it all to superman." a dozen years before we eve heard of superman-- another was coming into the world-- norma jean mortenson. the world knew her as marilyn monroe. "well, are you always recognized nearbyr you go in the towns and in new york?" "no. not really. ummm.. i can no on an old polo coat, makeup and get along pretty well." in 1955 she sat down with cbs' edward r. murrow-- on person to person. in the only live television monroeew she'd ever do, while up about her life staying with friends milton and amy greene. "your picture has been on the popular almost all

magazines's hasn't it? "no, not the ladies home journal." "that you would like, would you?" "yes." "why?" "well, i used to long for it. i was to appear when i modeling on men's magazine's know, such as, i don't squint , peep, take a peep, all those." "but not the ladies' home journal?" "no." with her trademark breathy voice, marilyn displayed her sense of humor but it wasn't always that way. marilyn's childhood was far from foster. growing up in homes, she dropped out of and married for the first time at 16. while her husband was in the military, marilyn modeled... the pictures led to her movie didn't but the marriage last. "well now, what's the smallest part you ever had? "one in a picture called 'ticket to tomahwak'. i had one word. well not exactly a word, said ...mmm..."

"what's the best part you ever had in a movie?" "one of best parts i've ever had was in 'the asphalt john houston's picture then 'the seven year itch', billy wilder's picture." "you think that's going to be a big one too, don't you?" "pardon?" "you think that's going to be a thene too, don't you? 'seven year itch'?" "yes, i think it will be a very good picture and i would like to continue making this type of picture." "well, would it be fair to say oft you got rather tired playing the same kind of roles all the time and wanted to try something different? "well...it's not that i object comedies.usicals or in fact, i rather enjoy it. i would like to do some dramtic parts too." in real life, marilyn's

thelwind marriage to equally famous joe dimaggio in theary of 1954 changed game in celebrity gossip but the marriage lasted only slighter longer than a baseball season-- but the world was fascinated with everything marilyn and murrow knew it, asking about even the most mundane details... "amy, tell me. does marilyn know her way around the is she very much help the house?" "well, yes she is. she's sort of an ideal guest. she's not trouble to anyone and she picks justter herself. she's fine. you don't even know around." hollywood's hottest sex symbol admitted she too, had gotten help along the way. yours helped you most in movie career, marilyn? "well a number of people have contributed greatly." "umm. i think when john houston

wanted me for the part in 'asphalt jungle' and i think when billy wilder wanted me for the part in 'seven year itch'. verynk that that was important." but as marilyn's star began to ofe, so too the talk andession, drug dependency being difficult on set. marilyn married a third time, this time to playwright arthur miller . after two miscarriages, the two divorced. on august 4, 1962 marilyn died of an overdose. the coroner said it was probably suicide. still to come on "through the decades," the power of one man's plan for news that never signs off. the headache that cleared the way for greatness. and, the hips that shook the nation.

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has seen many make their mark. investmentajor grandly saw fifty-two wiped out. in 1951...suze orman was born. she'd work as a financial lynch--of merrill toore taking her advice books and television. in 1971...mark wahlberg was born. the world would meet him as marky mark...before his career on television and film. conway twitty's name is as memorable as his voice. he held the record for the most number one singles of any artist until 2006...nearly 15 years after he passed on this in 1993. we would also lose conservative ronaldesident reagan....in 2004 the naon would pause in the theowing days to remeber 40th president.

monday on "through the decades," we look back at the events from the to california-- as first remembered the theer president to die in 21st century. he is an iconic inventor-- but it's not his most famous hisntion that he called best. still to come on "through the decades," the crowning achievement that didn't take off. the pet project that would spawn the american automobile. and how a quick end may have been the best thing to happen for a little crew that promised gone where no man had before.

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covers 30 years of music history. on the day in 1956... america elvis' first glimpse of famous 'gyrating hips' on the milton berle show. it was his second apaparance on the program, but was the first time he let loose on camera. then on june fifth, 1971 --- "grand funk railroad" sold out hours--dium in 72 markng out the beatles from 1965. in 1978--- barry manilow theased "copacabana"--- onlyresponsible for his grammy. the song titled afr the nightclub in new york

at number eight on the billboard charts. and in 1983-- thousand braved terrible weather to see u2 play rocks"ous "live at red concert. the video was played countless times on mtv and showed the of the nation that the band from ireland was an amazing live experience. a century earlier ... a man firstsor many ...alexander graham bell ... successfully tested what he considered his greatest thention ... and it wasn't telephone ... on june third, 1880 ... bellnder graham wirelessed the first telephone message ... using what he called ... the "photophone" ... bell's photophone worked similarly to the telephone ... which bell patented four years ...ier but there was one major difference ... the photophone used light ... instead of electricity ... from a distance of about 700

feet ... bell's assistant ... charles sumner tainter ... projected his voice through an instrument aimed at a mirror ... meanwhile ... bell directed sunlight into the mirror ... which captured and projected the mirror's vibrations ... and were vibrations thesformed into sound at receiving end ... but ... despite bell's own enthusiasm ... the photophone failed to take off ... mainly a consequence of its protecty to outsidesions from badrferences ... like weather ... befored be decades would favorite invention so the celebration ... he fervently thought it deserved. with the onset of fiber-optic theunication systems in late 20th century ... the photophone ... finally its place as an important

precursor ... a technological achievement ... far ahead of its time .... it often happens quietly with notice or distinction-- at least in the initial moments. one idea -- one decision-- that disrupts what we think, changes what we know. and often one that pebble has been cast-- the ripples never stop. so it was on june first-- the old--es just six months feete sand beneath our began to shift. the premise was simple. keep americans informed all every day. before the internet and the aartphones--- there was not place to get current news at any time.

ted turner saw a hole in the market. but filling that gap with a national news network was anything but a guaranteed success. "i am only investing my time in this. he's investing every cent he'ser made in it. but never been wrong." the "cable news network" --- now c-n-n--- hit the airwaves at 6 p.m. eastern time on june first, 1980. americans now had a new place to get the news--- even if it the network had to compete against cbs, abc, and nbc--- a fraction of the money and resources. "cnn will have approximately ase times as much airtime cbs news, but it will have to ofer the news on a budget about one fourth that of cbs news and the other two networks." but the reason turner was willing to make this massive gamble had a lot to do with the technology. he had turned a small t.v. station--- into the nation's first "super station" "turnerwith broadcasting systems."

the technology behind tbs helped pave the way for cnn. "the key to the operation is here, at the world's largest locatede dish field, studios.he atlanta cnn technology will enable thering in pictures from far corners of the world and toediately transmit them thee systems throughout united states." as soon as the lights went on thatlanta--- a story onpened anywhere could be evenir within hours or minutes. that was a big change to theing to see snippets on 30-minute newscast on the big three networks. "we are going to outfight, and outthink all three of the networks on every story we can withe're going to compete them and we hope we're going to beat 'em." that big promise attracted young talent that all of the sudden could be working for a national network. "there's no seniority at this point. you kinda establish your own."

"with no union restrictions, tight job definitions, you get to do a little bit of everything if you're willing to and i am." "i came because, deep down inside of me there's always been an anchorman who's been screaming to get out. and he couldn't get out at cbs or abc." andwas transformative-- showed the power of live biggest of the day's stories. from the return of the iran hostages-- to the frantic response to the ofassination attempt president reagan--- and the now infamous pictures shuttlehallenger space exploding on live t.v. but in 1991--- the network withy flexed its muscle thenon-stop coverage of first persian gulf war. instead of hearing about what was going on at 6 o'clock--- viewers were clued to live play-by-play from correspondents on the ground. cnn proved americans wanted to know what was going on --- as was happening.

while turner eventually took a the seat at the network in early 2000's--- his gamble paid off. a gamble that started june first--- 1980-- with plenty of skeptics that would eventually copy his idea. wally pipp may be the only baseball player who's famous riding the bench... and how he ended up there is quite a story in itself. he was the new york yankees long time first baseman, when, as popular legend goes, on june 2, 1925, he had a headache... and his skipper recommended he take a seat to let "the kid" - lou gehrig - play ... an easy decision at the time with the yanks struggling... and his end... proved to be the unbelievablean theak - and career - for young mr. gehrig... he was 22 years old, and while 1923,ned the yankees in he'd seen limited playing time

his first two seasons, mostly a pinch hitter... but that all changed on that memorable in june of 1925... once gehrig stepped foot on the field to replace pipp at 1st, didn't miss a game for the next 14 years... starting a streak that spanned 2,130 games... the numbers he put up along the way were astounding... the left handed slugger had more seasons with 150 or rbi, eight seasons with 200 or more hits, and five seasons with more than 40 home runs. he was a seven time all star, two time a.l, mvp, a triple crown winner... and a six time world series champion. the fact that he played so well ford kept the streak alive so long - was even more oftensive considering how he played hurt... as injuries - included broken thumb, a broken toe, and his spasms... later in career, gehrig's hands were x- rayed and doctors found 17 heferent fractures that

played through. his endurance and strength earned him the nickname - the iron horse. what finally benched him - ending his streak and his on may 2, 1939 when he just 36... was als - a now named after him... "i consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." "and i might have -- been given a bad break, but i've got an thankot to live for. you." gehrig died two years after that famous farewell speech... his record streak stood for 56 years, and was long considered ripkenable - until cal surpassed it in 1995. in a strange twist of the calendar... june second would also be the day gehrig died.. 16 years after wally pipp's headache.

in 1951-- world leaders came suchher on an issue of importance-- it took a treaty decide-- where cheese is produced. seven foreign powers would come together-- austria ... denmark ... france ... italy ... norway ... sweden and switzerland. international negations that thed culminate in international cheese treaty. tinyd in stresa ... a commune tucked inside the northernregion of italy ... it enforced meticulous naming regulations ... for cheeses ... like roquefort ... which can only be labeled as such ... if a's made from the milk of certain breed of sheep ... and matured in the natural caves near the town of roquefort-sur- regionin the aveyron of france ...

the purpose... protect the authenticity of regional cheeses ... eliminate unfair competition ... and help producers obtain a premium price for their products ... today ... this law's been expanded to include the names meats ... olives ... beers ... even breads ... fruits ... and of course wines ... isn'te ... champagne it'sagne ... unless produced from grapes grown in the champagne region of france. iis a sound that rings as american as they come-- the roar of the engine. still to come, the start of it all-- with a man working in his shed. the initial journey "where no is had gone before" theeled.. but that's only start of the story. and a unique time in america-- where the images of our imagination could only be topped by what we were seeing out on the evening news. before the model-t ... the was

the quadricyle ... which on june fourth, 1896 ... henry ford test drove for the first time ... in the mid 1890's ... henry ford was the chief engineer for the edison illuminating company ... and in his spare time ... he experimented with his pet project ... building a horseless carriage ... the quadricycle ...

the quadricycle had a simple wheelsith four bicycle attached to it ... two-as powered by a horsepower... four- gasoline engine ... on june fourth, 1896 ... ford wheeled out his 500 pound creation from the shed behind his house... powered it up ... and took it down detroit's river avenue ... the quadricycle had no breaks twono reverse ... only gears ... and a top speed of twenty miles an hour ... but ford's first ride was a success ... and would eventually lead to ford founding the ford motor company ... an american automobile empire becomet would see ford one of the world's richest men. it stands now as a staple of television and film... but it itually got canceled before really got started. still to come on "throug the onlyes" why the end was

the beginning for an unstoppable enterprise. and a look at a time in america that fired our collective imagination like never before. this is "through the decades." it was a show before its time.

it turns out "star trek" had to end before it really began. and that's exactly what happened june 3rd, 1969. "space, a final frontier"

space wasn't the only frontier star trek was exploring. it was a show that mirrored its catch phrase "where no man had gone before." "i think it's going to be the biggest hit, or the biggest miss god ever made, and it out to be a bit of both." the original run of star trek ended after just three seasons on june third, 1969. it was a decent run--- considering how the show started. "i said 'look fellas, it's a little more than western. we have spaceships instead of sixes, zap guns instead of shooters but it'll be and uh, unfortunately when they gave me the of good actors, and i just uh.. i went they didn't get what they asked for, what they agreed they were naturally very upset." creator gene roddenberry

introduced star trek-- at a time when the space-race was at its peak-- 1966. "nasa was using us as publicity but i am sure you've heard that before. or we were using nasa as publicity, it was a symbiotic relationship, i think." "in 65, 66 when it came out, it was reflecting ahead of itself it here nasa was going and camehe dream. i think it out when it should." but despite an interest in the thereand beyond --- hadn't been a lot of sci-fi on television. "it was new to everyone in those what i could say 'this is a spaceship looks like' and they would shrug their shoulders and say 'well ok, if that's what they look like.'" even beyond the obvious sci-fi themes--- star trek became a inudo "commentary" on life america. on top of themes dealing with the war in vietnam--

it featured the first ever interracial kiss on t.v.--- while the country was at a crossroads for race relations. "star trek was about the only asw, albeit disguised science-fiction, that dealt with all those issues." "gene roddenberry did something so unorthodox. he put men and andof all races anduasion on a starship ort them out where no man thinkhad gone before. i admirababntastic and and brilliant of him." thate able to make shows comment like that is heaven." those storylines weren't enough for star trek to stay on the for its first run. "it was probably a good show, toothe effect was not middlewe were in that area of popularity where you fear each year that you're going to be canceled because you're not a big hit. but on the other hand you were getting respectable ratings." production stopped after three paramount- and started shopping it around for syndication. str trek turned into a gold

mine for stations that picked it up to air in the late afternoon and evening. by 1987-- 21 years after it wasiered--- paramount anrging up to a million episode in re-runs. "it was more one of wasnishment. you know, it like a long lost uncle." "i hoped people would like it. i hoped now and then people would have said 'i saw it, i thought it was nice,' that would have been great but this was insanity." "if people knew really how this phenomenon effects your life, they would be astounded." the associated press deemed star trek "the show that won't die" and it didn't. by 1994--- the original 79 episodes were still airing in 94-percent of the country. "that built the real base of audience for us." that audience has sustained star trek through a dozen movie titles. six featuring the original cast. four films based on the stories of the cast of a second t.v. series-- "the next generation"

and a re-booted movie series the new stories about original characters. it also proved science-fiction could be a huge draw--- just as ine of the biggest titles the genre were being brought to screen. "we did the early tilling of the movieso to speak, for a like '2001,' which was an enormous hit. we weren't. we had to scramble for ratings. we of built the base of for the space program when it wasn't that that captured the public's imagination. we kind of built the launching pad for the movie 'star wars,' the movie, that sort of thing. but i don't think we were truly appreciated because we were doing the early unglamorous pioneering work." that pioneering work cemented itself in the american conscience for decades to come. and it turns out getting 1969--- on june 3rd, may have been the best thing for a show that wouldn't die. "the storyline. the idea. the philosophy of star trek can

live forever. i love it" "nothing would please me better comeif star trek would the in tv years into newre. bright young people, stars, and so on -- really it something and have them say 'that's better than roddenberry's.' i'd like that." star trek's final episode aired just six weeks before the united states put neil armstrong and buzz aldrin on the moon. that milestone ended the "space race." a race that was fueled by the imaginative minds that had been contributing to the world of science fiction for decades. beenong as there have people staring up at the skies, there have been people wondering what's up there, how can get there, how it all fits together." from the beginning of time-- depths spawned from the of our imagination have rarely been possible in real life.

but the separate paths of science fiction and science fact collided into one another the 1950s and 60s. the space race-- and the rise of sci-fi on television and film complimented one another on our collective journey to the stars. gavemythical air invasion america a taste of war jitters." that "taste" was orson welles' radio depiction of h.g. wells' famous "war of the worlds." many were so captivated-- they thought the broadcast was a real report of an attack. "i am extremely surprised to learn a story that's become familiar to children in the form of comic strips novels and many succeeding novels and adventure stories, should had an immediate and profound

on radio listeners." "that is the transformation of wordse fiction from just yourpage to a part of life." that transformation continued a big way after the introduction of television at 1939 world's fair in new york. it was an event with the nickname "the world of tomorrow" -- and tomorrow was a place people wered the world increasingly fascinated with as the years ticked by. "the imagination was limitless. the technology was what kept it from being anything more than stories." that started to change in the early 50's --- as scientists started to work with authors and artists who had dreamt up their own roadmaps to space--- anding them into stories illustrations.. russians'7-- the sputnikul launch of

made exploring space an actual reality. that meant space exploration became an american priority. "the russians, not the u.s., are the first to put thelite in space. putians, not the u.s., thenauts in space. russians, not the u.s. had staked the territory of outer space." four years later-- jfk made it official-- and called for the u.s. to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. "no single space project in period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space." as americans and russians checked off milestones in their pursuit of the moon-- workingon had started on the assumption that we'd make it beyond that lofty goal

someday. "we could always go further. we could always go father west. we could always explore more. treks exactly what star did, but with a crew that looked like america, without even realizing that the makeup had changed from the way typically t.v. would cast." much different than the "swiss family robinson"-inspired adventure-- "lost in space." coincideds short run spacehe biggest leaps in realration -- and some life coincidences. "it's first season, 1966-67 anson, coincided with wasrnational treaty that put forth by the united basically saying, 'no owns space and everyone out there behave yourselves.' "in 1967, the russians, great states, and the united all signed that treaty. this real. the world of unified exploration. the world of

together' in this that star trek had just presented a few months before the fall of 1966, was a reality." that show--- among others-- also played a part in inspiring the next generation of space explorers. "there's a woman, dr. mae jemison, astronaut, who specifically sites the world presented on star trek as an inspiration." more than 500 humans have made beto space-- and you can more than jemison were moved by the tales of space they saw in popular culture growing up. and as we go forward--- science fiction and science fact will continue to bounce off one another--- making the impossible --- possible over and over again. "it allows you to dream, to view a future that is not where you things. to visualize that are not - but could be - youru are good enough and design concepts are good enough - you can make magic happen." "science fiction and science--

still inspires people today." monday on "through the seminal--- a pair of moments in american history.

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