01369cam a2200301 i 4500 681680690 TxAuBib 181101s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062655066 006265506X (OCoLC)21563 TxAuBib rda Brinkley, Douglas, author. American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race / Douglas Brinkley. First edition. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] xxv, 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. HARDCOVER 548 PAGES. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-526) and index. Draws on new primary source material and firsthand interviews in a reassessment of the space program that examines the political, cultural and scientific factors that launched NASA and the space race. Kennedy, John F John Fitzgerald 1917-1963 Influence. Space race United States. Astronautics and state United States. Moon Exploration Government policy United States.