With a great deal of thanks to the National Archives of the United States of America, Creative Commons, and The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, TENSION PODCAST begins our series on NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin. In this opening episode, we hear President John F. Kennedy tell the Graduates of Rice University why it will happen. We revisit the original thrill of millions of pounds of thrust pounding the platform at Cape Canaveral, and we end listening to the understated characteristics of an Astronaut.

In episode #34 we will discover with Buzz Aldrin and National Geographic, the day-to-day of getting to and living on Mars..

From the Ross Stewart-Andrew Studio in Seattle