![]() Michener accurately captured the spirit of the time. Since I lived through that period of time, and was personally involved in the space program to a small degree in my work, and had far too much involvement with the politics of science in the later part of that period of time, it brought back many memories to me. He begins with the capture of German rocket scientists in the closing days of World War II, and takes us right up to 1982. Except for a few real people, including Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, and Werner von Braun, the characters are Michener’s creations, allowing him to examine the United States space program from various points of view. ![]() In 1982, James Michener published an excellent novel about the lives of some fictional scientists, astronauts, and politicians. ![]() Michener’s Space Evolution in Fiction - August 2006Īfter nearly a quarter of a century, it is a good time to re-examine James Michener’s observations about the interactions between science, religion, and politics. ![]()
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