American History Tellers

Encore: The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2

May 27, 2020

37:29

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

American History Tellers Is Sponsored by Sleep Number

2min

The Story of Jack Nickerson's Leak

4min

Eisenhower's Dream of a Space Dog

4min

Eisenhower's Disappointment With the Navy

3min

The Vanguard Explosion

3min

The Jupiter Sea Rocket Launch

4min

The Jupiter Sea Rocket

2min

The History of the American Satellite Launch

3min

10.

The Rise and Fall of NASA

4min

11.

The Moment You've Been Waiting For

3min

12.

The History of the Mercury Project

3min

13.

The Space Race From American History Tellers

2min

Information sharing was normal in the global scientific community, but when it came to rockets, normal rules didn’t apply. If the details got passed along to civilian scientists, there was no telling where that intel might end up…

But for many Americans, the Eisenhower just wasn’t moving fast enough. Sputnik was still orbiting! The Soviets were winning! Eisenhower downplayed Sputnik,calling it “one small ball in the air,” but privately he was worried.

The U.S. had the ability to beat the Soviets to space. But they didn’t. And Eisenhower wanted to know why.

Warning: this episode is packed with as much explosive power as is packed in the warhead of a ballistic missile.

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