Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite [Hardcover]

Roger D. Lanius (Editor), John M. Logsdon (Editor), Robert W. Smith (Editor)

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Publication Date: Oct 1 2000 | ISBN-10: 9057026236 | ISBN-13: 978-9057026232 | Edition: 1

This book explores Russia's stunning success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. It also examines the formation of NASA, the race for human exploration of the moon, the reality of global satellite communications, and a new generation of scientific spacecraft that began exploring the universe. An introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Walter A. McDougall sets the context for Sputnik and its significance at the end of the twentieth century.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } This book explores Russia's stunning success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. It also examines the formation of NASA, the race for human exploration of the moon, the reality of global satellite communications, and a new generation of scientific spacecraft that began exploring the universe. An introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Walter A. McDougall sets the context for Sputnik and its significance at the end of the twentieth century.

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Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Oct 1 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9057026236
ISBN-13: 978-9057026232
Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 2.5 x 23.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 821 g

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'This well-documented book is...highly recommended for all readers who want a balanced view of historical developments in the space race and its associated politics. All levels.' - W. E. Howard III, formerly, Universities Space Research Association (Choice)

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With the launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957, a scrambling for explanations ensued about how the Soviets had suddenly bested the United States, arguably the most technically advanced civilization the world had ever known. Read the first page

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