'Whitey on the Moon': Race, Politics, and the death of the U.S. Space Program, 1958 - 1972

We went to the moon. This is a fact. Indisputable, except to those conspiracy theorists clinging to their belief some sinister plot was hatched by the U.S. Government to conceal our inability to navigate to earth's natural satellite. On July 20, 1969, man first stood on the moon; on December 18, 1972, man stood on the moon for the last time. What happened to end the dream of space exploration, left instead to the colorful imagination of Trekkies and science fiction fans believing some diverse ba...