California Life with Heather Dawson. [2010-09-04--excerpt], NASA Education
Summary: "We think this story is worthy of your consideration due to its historical significance and the fact that a teacher is proving to her students that one person can make a difference no matter how tall the task. This story shows students of all ages with a little persistence the power of the pen is still prevalent. 41 years to the day after the Apollo 11 lunar landing... the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 was introduced into the House of Representatives. In this story California Life's Monique Soltani heads to the state capital and introduces us to the educators behind the bill and the next generation of space conservationists to find out why they think space preservation should be a priority. Lisa Westwood is leading an intuitive to do historic preservation of a unique type of historic property a lot of people don't think of right away of being worthy of protection it's Tranquility Base. It's the location on the moon where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldron first stepped foot. When he said 'That's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind.'
"Lisa feels so strongly about this is a very unique type of historical resource this isn't something that most people think about being worthy of protection yet history is happening all around us and we are constantly making history sometimes we don't recognize that history has occurred until many years later here will never be another first time so if we have an opportunity now to provide some level of protection she wants to preserve it now before it's too late."--2010 Peabody Awards entry form.
Corporate Producers: Comcast Corporation | KVMD (Television station : Twentynine Palms, Calif.) | CBS Television Network | 4SD (Television station : San Diego, Calif.) | KSEE (Television station : Fresno, Calif.) | KOTR (Television station : Monterey, Calif.) | KERO (Television station : Bakersfield, Calif.) | KPSP (Television station : Cathedral City, Calif.)
Persons Appearing: Monique Soltani (Reporter) | Lisa Westwood (Interviewee) | Catherine Gray (Interviewee)
Broadcast Date: September 4, 2010
