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Brinkley, Douglas.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Influence.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- 20th century.
Space flight to the moon -- History -- 20th century.
Space race -- United States.
Astronautics and state -- United States.
Manned space flight -- History -- 20th century.
Astronautics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Moon -- Exploration -- Government policy -- United States.
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Brinkley, Douglas.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Influence.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- 20th century.
Space flight to the moon -- History -- 20th century.
Space race -- United States.
Astronautics and state -- United States.
Manned space flight -- History -- 20th century.
Astronautics -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Moon -- Exploration -- Government policy -- United States.
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American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great
space
race / Douglas Brinkley.
by
Brinkley, Douglas.
HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
Call #:
629.40973 B858a
Subjects
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
--
Influence.
United
States
.
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration
--
History
--
20th
century
.
Space
flight to the moon
--
History
--
20th
century
.
Space
race
--
United
States
.
Astronautics and state
--
United
States
.
Manned
space
flight
--
History
--
20th
century
.
Astronautics
--
Political aspects
--
United
States
--
History
--
20th
century
.
Moon
--
Exploration
--
Government policy
--
United
States
.
ISBN:
9780062655066 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxv, 548 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographic references (pages [515]-526) and index.
Contents:
Preface: Kennedy's new ocean
--
Rockets. Dr. Robert Goddard meets Buck Rogers ; Kennedy, von Braun, and the crucible of World War II ; Surviving a savage war ; Who's afraid of the V-2?
--
Generation Sputnik. Spooked into the
space
race ; Sputnik revolution ; Missile gaps and the creation of NASA ; Mercury Seven to the rescue ; Kennedy for President
--
Moonbound. Skyward with James Webb ; Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard ; ""Going to the moon": Washington, DC, May 25, 1961 ; Searching for moonlight in Tulsa and Vienna ; Moon momentum with television and Gus Grissom ; Godspeed, John Glenn ; Scott Carpenter, Telstar, and presidential
space
touring
--
Projects Gemini and Apollo. "We choose to go to the moon": Rice University, September 12, 1962 ; Gemini Nine and Wally Schirra ; State of
space
exploration ; "The
space
effort must go on" ; Cape Kennedy
--
Epilogue: The triumph of Apollo 11.
Summary:
On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Brinkley brings together the extraordinary political, cultural, and scientific factors that fueled the birth and development of NASA and the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, which shot the
United
States
to victory in the
space
race against the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Drawing on new primary source material and major interviews with many of the surviving figures who were key to America's success, Brinkley pays homage to scientific ingenuity, human curiosity, and the boundless American spirit.
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