Space Exploration is All Politics

** I feel like I need to make it clear: I'm all for space exploration! I've devoted my career to unpacking it all.

Companion blog for those who like to read things in addition to listening, and it has all sources so you can read more: https://medium.com/@AmyShiraTeitel/space-exploration-is-all-politics-323935b414e?sk=55788bc7378751b84d054da8ce2df47f

Reading list!

By Me
Fighting for Space: https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Space-Pilots-Historic-Spaceflight/dp/1538716046/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/134-3741673-5997065?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1538716046&pd_rd_r=64a14e19-d64d-4964-ae5b-da17b9dc3a5b&pd_rd_w=W5zcG&pd_rd_wg=21152&pf_rd_p=bdc67ba8-ab69-42ee-b8d8-8f5336b36a83&pf_rd_r=AN0JKC3TP43VKDZ7E8WJ&psc=1&refRID=AN0JKC3TP43VKDZ7E8WJ
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Chains-Gravity-Spaceflight-before/dp/1472911245/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VGBYFH0A3G0K&dchild=1&keywords=breaking+the+chains+of+gravity&qid=1593621296&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+chains%2Cstripbooks%2C208&sr=1-1

By John M. Logsdon
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009AWFY3W?pf_rd_r=P5AFAA17KJA78H0P5VCR&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee
After Apollo? https://www.amazon.com/After-Apollo-American-Palgrave-Technology/dp/1137438525/ref=pd_bxgy_img_3/134-3741673-5997065?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1137438525&pd_rd_r=beda625a-4b56-43eb-bf96-1e0e665fdfbb&pd_rd_w=ADkTE&pd_rd_wg=245fr&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=WW0DTKVDF39953A73C4R&psc=1&refRID=WW0DTKVDF39953A73C4R
Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier: https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Palgrave-Studies-History-Technology/dp/3319989618/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/134-3741673-5997065?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=3319989618&pd_rd_r=3ddf3719-eef8-4ca8-91f4-ed2445eac498&pd_rd_w=oE1d2&pd_rd_wg=follJ&pf_rd_p=4e3f7fc3-00c8-46a6-a4db-8457e6319578&pf_rd_r=BRWKPT8Q5WPCDCWP7XS1&psc=1&refRID=BRWKPT8Q5WPCDCWP7XS1

Sputnik, Scientists, and Eisenhower by James Killian (It's out of print so hard to find. Might want to hunt on eBay!): https://www.amazon.com/James-Killian-Scientists-Eisenhower-1977-01-16/dp/B014BH6MD6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=James+killian&qid=1593621337&s=books&sr=1-1


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