Tour of space centre

Title

Tour of space centre

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

4 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:08:13

Description

Report on a space centre in North Alabama, a working centre and tourist attraction with simulators and mock-ups. Also on spin-off technology originally developed for the space programme. Includes tour actuality; interview with centre director (not identified); tour with guide Jim Hayes explaining life in space. Also music - Everyone’s Gone to the Moon, by Jonathan King, and David Bowie’s Space Oddity. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Jim Hayes

Keywords

USA; Technology; Tourist attractions; Living conditions; Space exploration; Space technology; Space sciences; Food; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Training; Space research; Alabama; Central nervous system

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