16 - We Choose the Moon

Frontier of Infinity: A Space Exploration Podcast

With the Soviets fresh off a massive success with Vostoks 3 and 4, the Americans prepare to fire back with a bold new Mercury Mission. But before Wally Schirra can take flight aboard Sigma 7, President Kennedy will deliver a famous speech to galvanize American drive in outer space.
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Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia
Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond" by Gene Kranz
"Moonshot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon" by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton with Jay Barbaree and Howard Benedict
"Project Mercury" by Eugen Reichl
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
Web Sources-
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort | JFK Library
John F. Kennedy's Famous Moon Speech, 50 Years Later - The Atlantic
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details