The Rocket's Shadow

There will be a number of these as I am re-reading the series this year.
I thought this was pretty exciting and a good introduction to the characters.
It's been a long time since I last read it but could identify the bad guy because I didn't remember the name.
The settings and people all felt real.
It might be hard for younger people to get past the tech and cultural differences between now and the late 1940's when this book was written.
But it still expresses the excitement of science and engineering
and the characters are well defined and likable.

This could easily be a current story.
There are a number of organizations trying to land on the moon to win a challenge from Google.
You would have to change the references to radio tubes
to be some kind of custom computer interface.
It would be hard to explain Scotties military background in modern times.
Perhaps he went to a military high school?