At work this year we have been taking turns giving presentations to the group. My presentation was about a week ago, and the topic I chose was Amateur Space Access. I wanted to show some of the important events and developments that have been happening since serious space research began, and how they have been leading towards increased amateur access to space. I found a really cool program for Mac OS X called Timeline 3D, which I used to present against. I gave the presentation using the free download version, which places a small watermark on the screen, but I ended up eventually buying the software, mostly so I could export this to video and share it with others.
Unfortunately this video only captures the events, not my commentary which connects them all together. Each event is displayed for 2-3 seconds, so you will probably want to just start and stop the video so you can go at your own pace.
I am sure plenty of people will see this and ask, “Why isn’t my favorite event on here?” Two reasons: 1) This is my timeline, not yours. 
2) I had to scope this. As it was I had to talk fast for a half hour to get through it. If I had added anything more it would have been way too long. This means some things had to be cut. For example, there is no mention of the first space walk, let alone the first American space walk, or first man on the Moon. Why? For the purposes of this presentation, once you can get a spacecraft into space, putting a person inside that spacecraft and keeping him alive is a matter of refinement. And in many cases the US was not first, so why would I not give credit where credit was due? In some cases I just used an example that made my point, not necessarily the first or the best product or achievement. Bottom line: I could only put so many events in this timeline.
