NASA history book – “The Space-Age Presidency of John F. Kennedy” (University of New Mexico Press, 2019) – John Bisney interview
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John Bisney has worked as a reporter, on news radio, in public relations and is a NASA enthusiast. We talked about the latest book he has co-authored “The Space’Age presidency of John F. Kennedy” which is a photographic history of NASA’s work during JFK’s presidency.
0:41 – John talks about how he got into studying and writing on this subject.
7:13 – John talks briefly about NASA illustration art.
7:46 – John talks about how they lay out the book.
11:01 – John talks about doing research at the Kennedy library.
13:12 – John talks about his favorite photos in the collection. He touches on Alan Shepherd in the White House Rose Garden.
15:02 – John talks about how he chose the pictures they used.
17:41 – John talks about the companies that worked on the space program.
21:59 – John talks about other important people found in the photos.
23:21 – John talks about interesting people who also show up in the pictures.
36:32 – John talks about video of JFK’s travels.
43:13 – The other co-author of the book has a website Retrospaceimages.com
Links of interest
https://unmpress.com/books/space-age-presidency-john-f-kennedy/9780826358097
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Guests: John Bisney
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: science, NASA, gemini, apollo, cape canaveral, jfk, space program,
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