STP7 - The Right Stuff and The Start of NASA

<h2>STP 7</h2><p>Following the release of 'The Right Stuff' on Disney+ this week, Dave and Emily discuss the history of Tom Wolfe's book, the original 1983 film and the first two episodes.</p><br><p>With that in mind, they then get talking about the origins of NASA, the Space Task Group and the Mercury 7.</p><br><p>Blue Origin 'New Shepard Launch" - 13th October: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O97dPDkUGg4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O97dPDkUGg4</a></p><br><p>Artemis Accords: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-international-partners-advance-cooperation-with-first-signings-of-artemis-accords" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-international-partners-advance-cooperation-with-first-signings-of-artemis-accords</a></p><br><p>NASA History files:</p><p>"The Birth of NASA" - <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html</a></p><p>"The Space Task Group: - <a href="https://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Space_Task_Group" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Space_Task_Group</a></p><p>"Project Mercury Overview - Astronaut Selection" - <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/astronaut.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/astronaut.html</a></p><br><p>Michael Collins Washington Post Article about The Right Stuff from 1979: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1979/09/09/so-you-want-to-be-an-astronaut/42df935f-a624-44c9-b354-bb87ab1727e6/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1979/09/09/so-you-want-to-be-an-astronaut/42df935f-a624-44c9-b354-bb87ab1727e6/</a></p><br><p>Suggested Reading</p><p>The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe</p><p>We Seven - By The Astronauts Themselves</p><p>This