mad_zamboni

I teach about the space race in elementary schools during the “Cold War” coverage in social studies class. This is usually to a bunch of 4th graders. I’ve leaned on the book “Apollo 8” by Jeffrey Kluger and your YouTube channel heavily for my topics. (Matter of fact I speak in two weeks and already have a student asking me about the “sandwich stuffed in a spaceman’s pocket” story I told last year.) So thank you!

But I do have a question. It would make life much easier if I had models or toys of the Saturn V, Command Module, and LEM. All I can seem to find are expensive desk display models or rocketry kits which will take me a week to assemble and be easily damaged.

Are there any models/toys you use when you speak? Any recommendations?

Thank you in advance.

Do you believe there is another space race developing now? Between private sector (SpaceX and Blue Origin) or the US (SpaceX)/Russia/China?

Is a space race a good thing because it pushes development and brings focus or a bad thing because it becomes a US vs Them mentality?

Excellent. Thank you!