, United States would go to the moon by the end of the decade and a great bipartisan effort. The word moonshot enters our culture in earnest. It costs about 25 billion to go to the moon. That would be 185 billion today. We did it to beat the russians. Jack kennedy always said americans had to be first. That the new frontier was one of outer space. He would call it the new ocean. He became an incredible salesman as president. I trace early Jack Kennedys evolution on aviation, and as it matures into the space age, and also the birth of rockets and our cold war rivalry with the soviet union. It is a global story about american supremacy in the aerospace field. Brian i want you to look at a still photograph. If you walk into the aerospace museum, you will see this display. You have same as on top below oboee spirit of st. Louis nash above the lunar module. When you look at that, what do you think . Doug i think, give the curator of the museum a big raise, because that is a smart way to do
Meant saving for retirement. , livewashington journal at 7 00 a. M. Join the discussion. Brian Doug Brinkley, your new book american moonshot, what is it about . Doug it is really about how john f. Kennedy put all of his political chips on this idea of going to the moon. In 1961, john kennedy gave an afternoon joint speech to the joint session of congress, and pledged that the United States would go to the moon by the end of the decade, and it became a great bipartisan effort. Enters ourmoonshot vocabulary. But we did it to beat the russians, and jack kennedy always said american had to be first, that the new frontier was one of outerspace. He would call it the new ocean. And that we had to win. He became an incredible salesman as president. So i traced early Jack Kennedys evolution on aviation as it matures into the spaceage, but also on the birth of it is a global story about american supremacy in the aerospace field. Brian i want you to look at a still photograph. If you walk into t
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