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That wasn't one of the choices. I really love the book "The decision to go to the moon" because it chronicles not apollo itself, but the years leading up to th
by iancmceachern 3y ago
That wasn't one of the choices.
I really love the book "The decision to go to the moon" because it chronicles not apollo itself, but the years leading up to the decision to do it.
Remember: The soviets had just successfully launched sputnik and were years ahead of the US. It was perceived to be a matter of national security and pride, we had to do something.
The choices were:
1 - do it, but as a secret CIA/Pentagon thing focused on military power, objectives, run by the military leadership.
2 - Do it as it was done, as a civilian, public thing for us all to share in.
I, for one, am very grateful they chose 2.
- stringfood 3y ago[dead]
- edmundsauto 3y agoCan you double check the title and maybe add the author? I’d like to pick a copy of this up for my dad.
- iancmceachern 3y agoIts: John M. Logsdon The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest I think its out of print. I had to buy it used on Amazon for like 80 bucks when I bought my copy.
- edmundsauto 3y agoAh there it is, thank you! Is it worth the $50 i see on Amazon?
- iancmceachern 3y agoYes! It's very different than the other books I have on Apollo, which are mostly about the engineering and astronauts. This book really answered a lot of questions I had about all the rest of it. The greater economic political and social things going on at the time, the background before. At first it seemed dryer than the other books but it's actually become some of my favorite facts and most discussed details about apollo. If you're into apollo, yes. If you're just into the engineering details and not as much in the politics and societal part maybe not.
- nitwit005 3y agoI didn't write anything against creating a space program, or state an opinion on who should have run it.