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The First Baby In Space (Aired June 18, 1958)

Exploring Tomorrow was hosted by John Campbell, the editor of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine, and later, Analog Magazine. He was also a science fiction writer himself, and penned the short story, Who Goes There?, which was later made into the 1950s classic monster movie, The Thing. So Campbell certainly had the Sci-Fi credentials . Exploring Tomorrow was billed as "The first science fiction radio show of science-fictioneers, by science-fictioneers, for science-fictioneers." (Otrcat.com) Each week, Campbell would open and close the story by making philosophical observations about how the technology featured in that night\'s story might affect mankind. These serious comments were meant to be deep and thoughtful, but the effect was undercut by the choice of elevator background music.



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June 18, 1958. Mutual network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The First Baby In Space". Where do you find an incubator in a manned space station when one is needed in a hurry? The story is also known as, "The Space Baby".\\xa0 Guy Wallace (announcer), Randall Garrett (author), Lawson Zerbe, Carol Teitel. 20:45. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.