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American Moonshot - John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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American Moonshot - John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of
the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and
perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at
the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge,
and America's race to the moon. "We choose to go to the Moon in
this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but
because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and
measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge
is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to
postpone, and one we intend to win."--President John F. Kennedy On
May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of
putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this
engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the 1960s
to recreate one of the most exciting and ambitious achievements in
the history of humankind. American Moonshot 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 brings this fascinating history to life as never before.
American Moonshot is a portrait of the brilliant men and women who
made this giant leap possible, the technology that enabled us to
propel men beyond earth's orbit to the moon and return them safely,
and the geopolitical tensions that spurred Kennedy to commit
himself fully to this audacious dream. Brinkley's ensemble cast of
New Frontier characters include rocketeer Wernher von Braun,
astronaut John Glenn and space booster Lyndon Johnson. A vivid and
enthralling chronicle of one of the most thrilling, hopeful, and
turbulent eras in the nation's history, American Moonshot is an
homage to scientific ingenuity, human curiosity, and the boundless
American spirit.
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