Given america's inability to even put a man in orbit yet, this seemed like an overly ambitious goal, and it isn't even clear that kennedy himself believed it possible; after all, he was reluctant to meet nasa administrator james e. Webb's initial funding requests. This book examines the origins behind the missions, the space probes involved, and the historic results. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the ranger program like never before. This book examines the evidence for and against this being a true record of the kown facts, or a complete deception by nasa, and perhaps the us government, or some clandestine elements of government. The value of this book to the interested reader is that for the first time it brings together all the evidence in an impartial way. The range of evidence is vast and it would take considerable time, and effort, to search it out. The author, trevor weaver, just spent the past two years of his life doing just that. The podric moon series is a fascinating combination of tomorrows technology created in the 21st century with compelling adventures set in the past. Barney has been able to fuse the futuristic world of computer games with events in our global history which continue to captivate millions of readers.