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2 "Threshold"
journeys of Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard and Capt. Virgil I. Grissom also will furnish material for the program.
The 90 minutes of broadcast time correspond approximately to the time required for a space capsule to circle the globe. The program will begin a few minutes before liftoff and end as the astronaut completes his journey.
Bendick said the program will cut away from the flight itself to show how many people are affected, or to illustrate how years of preparation and training have made it possible for the astronaut to cope with a particular situation in the flight. This material will be taken from recordings, films and statements made during previous flights.
"We will show the deep personal reactions and emotions of the astronaut himself, his wife and children, NASA officials, the worker who made a vital switch and who worries that it may fail to work at the crucial moment, the aborigine in Australia who sees the capsule passing overhead, the schoolboys who want to be astronauts, and many other persons," he said. "These cutaways, showing the thoughts and feelings of real people, will give the program an urgency, an excitement that emphasizes the human factor in this scientific wonder. "
The second program in the series, "At the Threshold," Friday, Jan. 5, 1962 (8:30-10 p.m. EST) will be an authoritative evaluation of what is to be gained and lost by the individual, the nation and the world by the venture into space. It will examine America's space projects, including exploration of the moon, their cost, feasibility and timetable.
The third program, according to Bendick, "will explore and compare some of America's other scientific plans, objectives and
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