Charlene's Reviews > The Man Who Knew The Way to the Moon

This book examined the politics of getting funding, public support, and the right expertise to beat the Russians and send the first human to the moon. The story centers on an unsung hero who chose not to follow the normal chain of command and relentlessly champion his correct idea for how we could safely create a spacecraft that was very small yet could carry a lot of fuel. People were not listening to him, and in fact were chastising him when he tried to discuss his ideas. He sent his ideas the top man in charge and, because of recent political happenings, was able to get his idea fast tracked and that is what helped us got astronauts to the moon in the 1960s.