did not believe he could outpace von braun too much time had already been wasted it was venner von braun's heyday. we raised a flag the american flag on the surface of the moon congrats. i really believe that the soviet union drove the us to the moon. in our day and we did that in the sixty's and i think it was because there was serious competition between the two countries. didn't get to see strong take the first step on the surface he died in one thousand nine hundred sixty six during summer surgery his anonymity died with him and his identity was finally defied triggering a wave of the. streets when. monuments and plaques were unveiled in his honor even the groom said after reading. that he never realized all the work could be done by just one person. my father liked to say that people can travel into space and issued by train he was absolutely sure that outer space was not empty and people must live and work there he said. seeing americans and russians in space together. in one hundred seventy five the so he. put an end to the space race. i'm approaching so use. less than five meters.

who was von braun's long time private secretary says venet attracted police attention many times for firing things into the air nowadays buckbee often takes people on a tour of the space museum in huntsville where each exhibit is related to von braun . but the best storyteller of. exploits is his only daughter natalia she wrote about him in three volumes of memoirs simply titled my father. with these this is a picture of the first soviet rocket it was launched on august seventeenth the one nine hundred thirty three though it spent only eighteen seconds in the air and lying in altitude of four hundred meters it was a spectacular success going to. moscow in the one nine hundred thirty s. was a time of daring ambition and breathtaking endeavor it's one group of young scientists infusing as a model they have to try and turn fantasy into reality they were so desperately short of money that they had to hire a tram to take this second rocket to its launch pad. was the driving force behind the team researching rocket propulsion they kept saying to each other we will go to models yes we will.

without doubt venom von braun paid several visits to the facility. when he went down into the tunnels he saw hundreds of dead inmates but apparently. did not seem fazed. much later his face appeared on the cover of time magazine he shook hands with president kennedy and was awarded medals his impassioned glorification of american democracy came much later too but in may nine hundred forty five d.s.'s major was faced with a choice. so. he was reflecting with his colleagues what to do after the german defeat and in forty four they decided most of them decided to go to the americans. surprisingly the americans welcomed their former enemies despite the fact that a new conflict was on the horizon the cold war. who flew with russians their first job was to learn how to fly an airplane to go bomb russia the american people looked at these these people the local people anyway as being able to assist us in developing a new system for defense of the country the americans won the space race but did we win the space race when you look at the fathers of space in

braun was clearly losing the race. tired of being. coming in second he was it was pretty well i think discussed it with the system the government system that we were operating under not realizing that the russians were really technology smart. very much in. television and even. space travel so the american public he was the first salesman. if we were to stop what they organized and will support that space. i believe a practical passenger rocket could be built and tested within ten years. the press also joined in on the space race italian and american newspapers claimed that eleven cosmonauts went into space before did and never return to earth. they were known as the so-called missing cosmonauts. even gave their names to lend credibility to the stories. i was married to one of the names of. her. chest not true it was a form of relaxation. it was a tester he often told her about how he had spent six months in a camp into the ocean he was compelled to live high in the mountains where there was a severe shortage of oxygen and he went thr

phone braun's attempt to launch the first u.s. satellite ended in the vanguard to explode. when you. called my father to tell him that he should launch another sputnik with in time for the anniversary of the one nine hundred seventeen october revolution which was close at hand but people had gone on vacation and had to be summoned back . khrushchev wanted something more than just another sputnik he wanted something entirely new. given less than a month to invent one there were neither blueprints no quality control the whole enterprise depended on trust throughout his career was always looking for people willing to forgo food and sleep and work through the night. is a psychologist from russian space research center star city he used to work under. oil he was a great man it was enough for him to look at you and he got a wealth of information even though he was rich with his subordinates he had a very delicate soul. it was a four legged cosmonaut that was the first living creature to head towards the stars a dog called lika when she was launched into space there were tears in

adding to a collection which includes two olympic silver is from athens and a world championship braun'slast year. now world record holder yelena isinbayeva is noticeably absent from the vault of dance with lot of shell fall of although doing a great job in bringing russia and now the gold medal the russian clearing four point seventy five meters to take on as germans silkiest begin borg and rising getting silver and balls respects him a great theory only four points sixty five. more successful the russian ladies in the women's eight hundred meters muddy aside in the living up to her status as favored by winning in a time of one minute fame to a point twenty two seconds the twenty four year old adding a second gold of the year after winning in the same discipline at the world indoor championships in doha. now you have a continual breakthrough success in the middle distances winning the women's three thousand meter steeplechase champion martyrdom in guess i'm able to overpower they were towards the end meaning spain's first medal of the competition is a silver one he was part of a winning

the main rival and then patrick it powell yohan blake completed and all jamaican podium by claiming braun's wheldon olympic champion balls returned to competitive racing just a few weeks ago having recovered from a killer stand them injuring. elsewhere jeremy warren are continued his comeback after a nice surgery by claiming gold in the men's four hundred meters and that's his fourth diamond league winner of the season. tennis now and world number one siri in the well i was has withdrawn from next month's. off to cutting her right on a broken gloss at a restaurant the younger williams all smiles here at the wimbledon galo will be working the red carpet or any other sufis for some time now the twenty eight year old needs surgery and will miss three events leading up to the u.s. open williams offers no other details about what happened but sad she's upset at having to skip the tournaments in istanbul cincinnati and more. move the g.p. championship lead the whore hill around so has taken a fourth straight pool ahead of the german grand prix in solves during the theology yamaha ride o'clock in

main rival and from patchy at paul well you have blake completed and all jamaican podium bike waving braun's world and olympic champion ball to return to competitive racing a few weeks ago having recovered from an achilles tendon injury elsewhere jeremy warren are continued his comeback after nice a jury by claiming gold in the men's four hundred meters and that's his fool's diamond lead when all the season. ten is now and world number one syrian the williams as withdrawn from next month's with a foot injury the younger williams need surgery on the right food continued and a broken broken glass at a restaurant the w t two or sounds the twenty eight year old will miss three events leading up to do a soap on williams offers no other details about what happened but says she's upset at having to speak to tournaments easton boyle cincinnati and montreal. all to baseball where the legendary new york yankees owner george steinbrenner and an ounce of bob shapard both pasta way last week the team on a down with a tribute before friday's game against tampa bay tapped and derek jeter addressed to the f

disco it's about time share russia's biggest players in the aviation industry representatives herr von braun airfield terror of kools as these two point with that stupid jet but also titanium a coke vs and here i based my. gave the russian defense. defense and export company ross about on exports and russian helicopters among many other deals have already been signed by the russians and there's some pay that this is falling from might signal a recovery in the aerospace industry which has taken a beating in the economic crisis i spoke to the head of boeing said it captured ok here's what he had to say about bob's. we definitely hope so i think there was some signs you know that the mob had just gotten bad definitely no adeline's. way more interest for the new airplanes you know definitely finance and they is no problem like a teen mom said but you know i think it will show you know what will really happen you know with. the market but we in the industry. you know paul did recovery is real and it's a long job. growth stock markets recovered. in the plug energy stocks rose as the price of oil h

disco it's about time chef russia's biggest players in the aviation industry representatives herr von braun at a film tariff cools as these two point with this stupid jet but also a titanium a coke vs and here i based my trust gave the russian defense a proposed ration defense and textbook company ross about on exports and russian helicopters among many other deals have already been signed by the russians and there's some pay that this is falling from might signal a recovery in the aerospace industry which has taken a beating in the economic crisis i spoke to the heads of boeing russia set to get captain his what he had to say about the ops we definitely hope so i think there is some signs you know that the market does come and definitely no airlines you know way more interest for more than you airplanes you know definitely finance and he is no so the problem like eighteen months ago but you know i think i will show you know what will really happen you know. with the market but we in the industry. you know hold that recovery is real and it's a long term. process stock markets recover from s

they can go through anything they want from analytical skills to braun to any kind of thinking on theireet. it's very tough. i actually once took the training program to become an autoworker at toyota. and i flunked after ten minutes. so clearly the skills that make you a journalist do not make you ready for today's factory floor. >> woodruff: quick final word on what is going to be needed, martin bailey? >> well, i think we also need motivation. a lot of what companies filter on, when they look for workers, which workers they want, they want the ones that will show up and work hard. so that is also something that has been questioned in the past. and that's something i think that has got to change. >> woodruff: martin bailey, mickey maynard, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you, judy. >> lehrer: and to the analysis of brooks and marcus. "new york times" columnist david brooks and "washington post" columnist ruth marcus. mark shields is away. david, i hope you heard what was just said about journalism skills and all of that. >> i would be a fantastic autoworker, as you know. >> leh