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Encore: The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2
American History Tellers
The Story of Jack Nickerson's Leak
Jack Nickerson worked with Vernor von Braun on the army's redstone program. He was upset that his proposal had been snubbed in favor of Navy's Vanguard project. The government wanted to keep future satellite programs separate from ballistic missile program. Only days after Sputnik went into orbit President Eisenhower would learn a hard truth about space race. We follow Eisenhower as he attempts to get America's space program off the bench and into the game.
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