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RECONSIDERING SPUTNIK
FORTY YEARS SINCE THE SOVIET SATELLITE |
| By: |
Roger D. Lanius (Editor), John M. Logsdon (Editor), Robert W. Smith (Editor) |
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| ISBN 10: |
1138012246 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781138012240 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 November, 2000 |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine |
| Pages: |
464 |
| Description: |
The contours of space exploration in the latter half of the 20th century owe much to the seminal but hardly singular event of Sputnik. This work looks at how the event changed history in 1957 when the former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik. |
| Synopsis: |
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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UK |
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Routledge |
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