Period 5
March 18, 2018
Moonport
The Space Age was one of the industries that built our country. It was a race for the win to see who could get into space first, even though we weren’t first in space we were the first on the moon. Moonport was a film they produced regarding the space age and the questions that were asked was how did Florida grow, who the film influenced, and what the life was like in Florida at the time.
NASA influenced Florida’s growth as it researched more regarding space. According to the film the research of space intrigued so many people that more people moved to Florida affecting our schools, tourism, construction, technology, culture and business. The growing population resulting in them employing over 26,000 people. These new Floridians build new schools, churches, and hospitals this evolved the economy even more making Florida gain a higher economic value. The new scientists opened up colleges near the Cape to teach students about engineering if they are interested in the space program, this made the Cape have the most doctoral degrees in Florida. This is how NASA and the space program influenced Florida’s culture. …show more content…
This film was made for tourists, scientists, and other Floridians. Moonport was made to inform people about NASA and it’s space program, also it’s affects that it had on Florida. When people that didn’t live in Florida would watch this film they would become interested in what we had and move here increasing our economy. Students would watch Moonport, which would make them want to go to the engineering schools, so they could become scientists and help with the program. This is the group of people that the makers of this film wanted to communicate