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Award-winning historian Piers Bizony explodes the US space programme mythology and unveils the man who gave up everything to win the Space Race.
Award-winning historian Piers Bizony explodes the US space programme mythology and unveils the man who gave up everything to win the Space Race.
In spring 1961 former Washington bureaucrat and businessman James E. Webb took charge of the grandest exploration project ever known: America’s bid for the Moon. He persuaded a reluctant John F. Kennedy to support him and gained control of 5 per cent of the US federal budget. Dispensing largesse and calling in favours, Webb’s NASA supervised half a million workers across America as they built new machines, launch pads and control centres.
But in 1967 a spacecraft caught fire, and three astronauts died. The press began to investigate, exposing a series of failures and delays, as well as the profiteering of Webb’s business partners. To protect NASA’s future, Webb faced interrogations by journalists and politicians, and shouldered the blame for the corruption and deaths. His sacrifice enabled his colleagues to continue their work and land on the Moon by the end of the decade. America had won the Space Race – but the name of the man who made it possible was wiped from history.
Conducting extensive interviews and drawing on original sources only recently released, acclaimed space historian and journalist Piers Bizony tells the fascinating story of the unconventional, charismatic man who made one giant leap for mankind.
Praise for Piers Bizony’s Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin:
‘A riveting account which brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the time: a sustained mixture of Russian cruelty and last-minute human compassion.’
The European
‘Definitely worth reading.’
Daily Telegraph
About the Author
Piers Bizony is a science journalist and space historian who writes for magazines such as Focus and Wired as well as the Independent. His award-winning book on Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was described as ‘full of sparkling enthusiasm’ by the New Scientist and ‘excellent, in every way worthy of Kubrick’s original precision-crafted vision’ by the Evening Standard.
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