and in abilene, kansas, reared in this white frame building. ood room is today much as he left it. dwight's high school memories could be those of 100 million other americans. remaining in abilene after his graduation in 1909, he took a job as night foreman, fire stroker, and handyman in the bell springs creamery, still standing, where his father worked. pulling ice was one of the heavy chores that kept dwight busy as he waited for his appointment to the united states military academy at west point. ♪ at the academy, cadet eisenhower drilled in the quadrangle, worshiped at the chapel, and pledged his attention to duty , devotion to honor, and service to country in the traditions of the school. at the inauguration of president woodrow wilson in 1913, eisenhower marched proudly with his fellow cadets in the inaugural parade. ♪ that fall, he lined up with the military academy football team, but he injured a knee, and cadet eisenhower, in the center, saw his football career come to an end. when president wilson traveled to west point for the academy

i went to abilene kansas. it's really hard to get to. let's just take this floyd box. found some amazing stuff just by chance. i head about five or six pages of archive material not including pictures and that i got. because jackie kept everything. and writing it was relative to quick. we now know that children and women are more susceptible than the radiation the deep space challenge of going to mars of course is going to result in a significant radiation dose. maybe you don't take the high school science or even send a woman did you encounter any of that in your research. >> for this book know, i did not look into any of that. radiation at this point they knew it was can be a problem going to the moon. they figured you are going so fast. in the mission is so fast. radiation from my understanding as a non- physicist. radiation is the big problem. no one is going to survive that trip with the radiation. that is the big one. we are talking two years. it is a lot of exposure. have you talked to any of the current core of female astronauts and how they read the book and w

i went to abilene kansas. it's really hard to get to. let's just take this floyd box. found some amazing stuff just by chance. i head about five or six pages of archive material not including pictures and that i got. because jackie kept everything. and writing it was relative to quick. we now know that children and women are more susceptible than the radiation the deep space challenge of going to mars of course is going to result in a significant radiation dose. maybe you don't take the high school science or even send a woman did you encounter any of that in your research. >> for this book know, i did not look into any of that. radiation at this point they knew it was can be a problem going to the moon. they figured you are going so fast. in the mission is so fast. radiation from my understanding as a non- physicist. radiation is the big problem. no one is going to survive that trip with the radiation. that is the big one. we are talking two years. it is a lot of exposure. have you talked to any of the current core of female astronauts and how they read the book and w