PDF-(READ)-Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold

A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race If the United States couldnt catch up to the Soviets in space how could it compete with them on Earth That was the question facing John F Kennedy at the height of the Cold Wara perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history and beat the United States to every major milestone in space The race to the heavens seemed a race for survivaland America was losingOn February 20 1962 when John Glenn blasted into orbit aboard Friendship 7 his mission was not only to circle the planet it was to calm the fears of the free world and renew Americas sense of selfbelief Mercury Rising recreates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon Drawing on new archival sources personal interviews and previously unpublished notes by Glenn himself Mercury Rising reveals how the astronauts heroics lifted the nations hopes in what Kennedy called the hour of maximum danger. 5667937 wwwnpsgovjo Rose Kennedy the presidents mother remembers that Boston Cream Pie was always the climactic display to a meal or outing The treat often played a prominent role on train trips Mrs Kennedy remembers using food as a way to pass the t John Kennedy Tooles hero one Ignatius J Reilly is huge obese fractious fastidious a latterday Gargantua a Don Quixote of the French Quarter His story bursts with wholly original His suicide find in eighteen different languages director john kennedy Everything You Need To . 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