NPR News: Cold War Fears Helped Launch U.S. Space Program, Even As John Glenn Feared Failure

Cold War Fears Helped Launch U.S. Space Program, Even As John Glenn Feared Failure
In Mercury Rising, historian Jeff Shesol recalls the early days of the U.S. space program, when Cold War fears ruled, and no one was sure Glenn would survive America's first orbital flight.

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