Today I Found Out

The Fascinating World of Apollo Astronaut Life Insurance Policies (2016x86)

Air date: May 02, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com→’s Basement https://youtu.be/tp61Yrj5lTA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: In the late 1960s, NASA’s Apollo missions were in full swing, with both Apollos 8 and 10 having successfully launched, orbited the Moon and returned with their astronauts safely to the Earth. By the summer of 1969, the space program was ready to try something new – land a craft with men on the Moon, and then re-launch and bring them safely home. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/12/first-astronauts-land-moon-couldnt-afford-insurance-made/ Sources: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/1-000-1-moon-landing-bet-success-1-95408 http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-13/apollo-13.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_insurance_covers http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo.html http://history.nasa.gov/apollo_patches.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_(philately) http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-armstrong-couldnt-afford-life-insurance-so-this-would-have-taken-care-of-his-family-if-he-died-2012-8 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/9097559 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15_postage_stamp_incident