Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-249) and index.
Contents:
"The seer of space" : capturing America's imagination -- "Do first, talk second" : information and the early space shots -- "Oh, go baby!" : televising Mercury -- The "open program" : NASA builds a constituency -- "Competitive inanities" : Gemini and the networks -- "Never a straight answer" : the Apollo I fire -- "The good Earth" : seeing ourselves from the moon -- "The Eagle has landed" : chronicling the feat.
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