@MLClark I'm sure I'll see "For All Mankind" eventually.

I've been reading a lot in recent days about James Webb, the Apollo-era NASA administrator. Finishing second was not acceptable. I can't imagine the heads that would have rolled, the outrage that we'd spent about $200B in today's dollars to finish second.

We found out years later that, until 1964-5 or so, we were racing ourselves. It was only after Khrushchev was deposed that the Soviets decided they couldn't let us win without trying.