American Moonshot John F Kennedy And The Great Space Race

At the center of this story is kennedy himself.

American moonshot john f kennedy and the great space race. Award winning author and rice university professor of history douglas brinkley discusses his new book american moonshot. Kennedy s inspiring challenge and america s race to the moon. By douglas brinkley author 4 8 out of 5 stars 8 ratings. Praise for american moonshot.

America s moonshot is a contemporary look back at the race to the moon of the 1960s with the focus on the role of president john f. Kennedy and the great space race paperback illustrated april 2 2019. More presidential history than scientific it illustrates the central role that the space program played in the cold war. As the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches the award winning historian and perennial new york times best selling author takes a fresh look at the space program president john f.

This program is supported in part by raytheon company and draper. Kennedy and the great space race with pulitzer prize winning author and harvard professor of history fredrik logevall. See all formats and editions. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because.

Kennedy and the great space race brinkley s story is a gripping one. His reconstruction of jfk s bold commitment to space exploration and the heroic efforts of the men who made the moonshot a reality reminds us that america was and can be again a great principled nation that leads the world on to new frontiers robert dallek author of franklin d. When kennedy became president he articulated a visionary strategy to leapfrog the soviets to assert space leadership writes douglas brinkley in his new book american moonshot. 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.

American moonshot is a portrait of the brilliant men and women who made this giant leap possible the technology that enabled them to propel men beyond earth s orbit to the moon and return them safely and the geopolitical tensions that ignited kennedy s audacious dream. Roosevelt and an unfinished life.