Whitey on the Moon
Whitey on the Moon by Paul Kersey, published by Antelope Hill Publishing on November 30, 2023, is a thought-provoking examination of the intersection of race and space exploration in the United States. This edition spans 218 pages and presents a collection of thirty-eight articles originally featured on Kersey’s SBPDL Blog between 2010 and 2014. The book addresses the shift in NASA’s mission from ambitious space exploration to a focus on diversity, exploring the implications of this change on the agency’s original goals.
In Whitey on the Moon, Kersey delves into the historical context surrounding NASA’s decline, highlighting how race-based promotions and social movements influenced the agency’s direction. He discusses the protests surrounding Apollo 11 and the demands from figures like Rev. Ralph Abernathy, who argued for reallocating funds from space exploration to address urban poverty. The narrative critiques the transition from a pursuit of excellence in space to prioritizing welfare programs, ultimately lamenting the lost potential for further exploration of the cosmos. This edition serves as a comprehensive resource for those interested in the political and social dynamics that shaped America’s space program during a pivotal era.
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On July 20th, 1969, man first stood on the moon; on December 18th, 1972, man stood on the moon for the last time. What happened to end the dream of space exploration? Paul Kersey answers this question through thirty-eight articles on the topic, originally posted to his SBPDL Blog at The Unz Review between 2010 and 2014. Kersey argues that the US government neutered NASA by forcing a much different mission upon the space agency: diversity, at the expense of the initial dream of exploring the stars.
Whitey on the Moon tells the shocking story of NASA’s demise from the racial angle, highlighting instances of race-based instead of merit-based promotion, protests of Apollo 11, and the destructive demands of Rev. Ralph Abernathy of the Poor People’s Campaign, arguing that the money going to Apollo and space exploration be redistributed to America’s inner cities. Kersey discusses how the attitude of the US government largely shifted from the pursuit of excellence to the funding of a welfare state. The final chapters of the book deal not with the exploration and colonization of new worlds, but the redistribution of wealth to pay for EBT/SNAP Food Stamps and other welfare payouts. Kersey laments that instead we could have been on Mars.
Paul Kersey’s eye-opening anthology, Whitey on the Moon: Race, Politics, and the Death of the US Space Program, 1958-1972, was originally published in 2016, has since fallen out of print, and is now being resurrected and preserved by Antelope Hill Publishing in a newly-edited and thoroughly cited edition.
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