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The great space race to put a man on the moon. It was first proposed by President John F. Kennedy, who predicted that by the end of the 1960′s, man will have gone to the moon. Further, that it would be an American who first stepped foot on the moon.

It was a bold promise – perhaps a challenge, as there was much more at stake than bragging rights. The United States, as we remember, was deep in a political struggled with the U.S.S.R for world dominance. It was a battle of communism and capitalism.  While the citizens wondered innocently about who would fly their flag on the moon, the USSR and USA were running secret programs to have spying satellites, military missiles, and more aimed at the other country!

At the time, the world didn’t know how dangerously close nuclear war became on several occasions. Frankly, I think  it is a miracle we survived. This NOVA effort shows us just how lucky we are – and how close we came to Star Wars.

You may be interested in:

1. 

   The Outer Planets
2. 

   Secret Space
3. 

   Mysteries of Deep Space: Supernovae
4. 

   Mysteries of Deep Space: The Pulse of Alien Life