next, historian and author doug brinkley. he shares audio recordings and discusses a 2001 conversation with astronaut neil armstrong, focusing on armstrong's passion for engineering, his years as a student at purdue university and his historic mission to the moon. the interview was recorded for the nasa johnson space center oral history project. it gives us insight into the life and expense of the self-proclaimed nerdy engineer famously took one giant leap or mankind. the purdue institute for civic communication sponsored this hour-long event. >> i am a senior double majoring in political science and --nomics and i'm a student his forum -- >> going to the moon required more than science. haven't worked on projects as exciting as a moon shot yet, but i have worked on and men toward robotics teams. people like me on the engineering side thought we were the lifeblood of the team because without the robot, we would not have been a robotics team. writers,ities side, artists, speakers, salespeople, thought they were the lifeblood b

performed by national captioning institute] >> next on american history tv, historian and author doug brinkleyterview with neil armstrong, focusing on armstrong's passion with engineering. a student at purdue university and his historic trip to the moon. orals part of the nasa history project. it gives insight into the lives and experiences of the so-called nerdy engineer, and famously took one giant leap for mankind. purdue organization sponsored this event. >> welcome, everyone, to the greatest adventure. neil armstrong and the moonshot. featuring dr. douglas brinkley. >> we are excited to have you at this event. part of the purdue university forum series. >> i am a sophomore in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and i'm a member of the perdue institute for civic communication. or picc. >> i'm a senior double major in political science and economics and i'm a student assistant to the executive director of the picc. >> this forum demonstrates the essential links between the humanities and engineering. going to the moon requires more than just science, as do solutions to most challenge

." >> next on american history tv, historian and author doug brinkley. he shares audio recordings and discusses a 2001 interview with neil armstrong, focusing on armstrong's passion with engineering. a student at purdue university and his historic trip to the moon. as was part of the nasa oral history project. it gives insight into the lives and experiences of the so-called nerdy engineer, and famously took one giant leap for mankind. the purdue organization sponsored this event. >> welcome, everyone, to the greatest adventure. neil armstrong and the moonshot. featuring dr. douglas

." >> next on american history tv, historian and author doug brinkley. he shares audio recordings and discusses a 2001 interview with neil armstrong, focusing on armstrong's passion with engineering. a student at purdue university and his historic trip to the moon. as was part of the nasa oral history project. it gives insight into the lives and experiences of the so-called nerdy engineer, and famously took one giant leap for mankind. the purdue organization sponsored this event. >> welcome, everyone, to the greatest adventure. neil armstrong and the moonshot. eaturing dr. douglas brinkley. >> we are excited to have you at this event. part of the purdue university forum series. >> i am a sophomore in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and i'm a member of the perdue institute for civic communication. or picc. >> i'm a senior double major in political science and economics and i'm a student assistant to the executive director of the picc. >> this forum demonstrates the ssential links between the humanities and engineering. going to the moon require

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douglas brinkley, his new book "the nixon tapes" is a compilation of secret crucial conversations recorded by president nixon in the years following the '68 election. great to have you with us, doug lot of things to different people. one of the things the '60s means is turmoil. when we think of turmoil, that's 1968. was there one thing that set it off or was it a combination of factors? >> i think it was the tet offensive in early '68 in vietnam, where the vietcong and the north vietnamese were able to sack some of south vietnam, do damage to our embassy in saigon. it started telling the american people just starting the year '68 we weren't winning in vietn vietnam. it's a chain effect. the tet offensive happens and lyndon johnson in march goes on television says i'm not going to seek re-election because i'm so mired. then it becomes a free-for-all with utheen mccarthy and bobby kennedy starting to fight for being the dove candidate of vietnam and the tragedies, the deaths, as you mentioned, of bobby kennedy and martin luther king, and then the chicago democratic convention where everybody exploded and mayor daley's place were beating people uhm and walter cronkite called them th