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    <title>The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Politics”</title>
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  <title>Episode 52: We Choose to Talk About Presidential Speeches and Policy</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>From President Eisenhower to Presidents Obama and Trump, we have had speeches that cover American ambitions in space. Download this episode for a quick primer on some of these speeches and policies. </itunes:subtitle>
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JFK Rice University Speech (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/MkATdOcdU06X5uNHbmqm1Q.aspx)
JFK Urgent National Needs (https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx)
President Nixon's 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle (https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm)
Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech (https://youtu.be/Qa7icmqgsow)
President Obama's April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century (https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-15-2010-remarks-space-exploration-21st-century)
President Obama Speech Transcript (https://www.nasa.gov/news/media/trans/obama_ksc_trans.html)
NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-provides-coverage-of-vice-president-pence-s-visit-to-kennedy-space-center)
Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/30/presidential-executive-order-reviving-national-space-council)
On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit (https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/after-two-last-second-scrubs-spacex-will-try-again-wednesday/)
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<p><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/MkATdOcdU06X5uNHbmqm1Q.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Rice University Speech</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Urgent National Needs</a></p>

<p><a href="https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm" rel="nofollow">President Nixon&#39;s 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle</a></p>

<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Qa7icmqgsow" rel="nofollow">Challenger: President Reagan&#39;s Challenger Disaster Speech</a></p>

<p><a href="https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-15-2010-remarks-space-exploration-21st-century" rel="nofollow">President Obama&#39;s April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news/media/trans/obama_ksc_trans.html" rel="nofollow">President Obama Speech Transcript</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-provides-coverage-of-vice-president-pence-s-visit-to-kennedy-space-center" rel="nofollow">NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center</a><br>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/30/presidential-executive-order-reviving-national-space-council" rel="nofollow">Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council</a></p>

<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/after-two-last-second-scrubs-spacex-will-try-again-wednesday/" rel="nofollow">On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/MkATdOcdU06X5uNHbmqm1Q.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Rice University Speech</a><br>
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-032.aspx" rel="nofollow">JFK Urgent National Needs</a></p>

<p><a href="https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/stsnixon.htm" rel="nofollow">President Nixon&#39;s 1972 Announcement on the Space Shuttle</a></p>

<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Qa7icmqgsow" rel="nofollow">Challenger: President Reagan&#39;s Challenger Disaster Speech</a></p>

<p><a href="https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-15-2010-remarks-space-exploration-21st-century" rel="nofollow">President Obama&#39;s April 2010 Remarks on Space Exploration in the 21st Century</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news/media/trans/obama_ksc_trans.html" rel="nofollow">President Obama Speech Transcript</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-provides-coverage-of-vice-president-pence-s-visit-to-kennedy-space-center" rel="nofollow">NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center</a><br>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/30/presidential-executive-order-reviving-national-space-council" rel="nofollow">Trump Executive Order on Reviving the National Space Council</a></p>

<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/after-two-last-second-scrubs-spacex-will-try-again-wednesday/" rel="nofollow">On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit</a></p>]]>
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