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How NASA Sold Us a Trip to the Moon: Chasing the Moon

Most remember the space race of the 1960s as a moment of rare national unity around the cause of scientific exploration. Public opinion polls from the 1960s show that the majority of Americans approved of Project Apollo, but the nation was deeply divided over the cost of the program. To win the space race, NASA would have to market the moon to the American public.
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Jimmy Carter - S23 E6

Premiered On: 02/21/2011

Traces the ascent of an ambitious country boy from a peanut farm in Plains, Georgia, to the Oval Office. Also, examines the failings of Jimmy Carter's political leadership in the context of the turbulent 1970s and explores the role his religion played in his career.

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