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Controversial new brain scan technology can tell what you're thinking, how you fall in love and as the top scientist who joins us has proved whether you're telling the truth. Are we ready for this? Plus, forecasting the next great space race, lamenting the lack of municipal wireless networks and fighting wildfires with a jumpsuit.

On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik. Americans feared the implications of the first man-made satellite orbiting above the Earth. Roger Launius, curator at the National Air and Space Museum, describes Sputnik's impact on the Space Race. http://www.pbs.org/amex/moon Voices: Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution Miles Neff, podcast narration Audio of Sputnik 1 telemetry courtesy of NASA Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. National corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual and The Scotts Company. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.

On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik. Americans feared the implications of the first man-made satellite orbiting above the Earth. Roger Launius, curator at the National Air and Space Museum, describes Sputnik's impact on the Space Race. http://www.pbs.org/amex/moon Voices: Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution Miles Neff, podcast narration Audio of Sputnik 1 telemetry courtesy of NASA Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. National corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual and The Scotts Company. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.

Feeds from Space - tranmission from September 13, 1962Kennedy Tour Call for U.S. to Lead in Space

Mark Samels, executive producer of American Experience, discusses three films from the upcoming fall television season: Two Days in October, Race to the Moon, and Las Vegas. Andrew Russell, narration

Mark Samels, executive producer of American Experience, discusses three films from the upcoming fall television season: Two Days in October, Race to the Moon, and Las Vegas. Andrew Russell, narration Director of New Media: Maria Daniels