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Countdown : a history of space flight / T. A. Heppenheimer

By: Heppenheimer, T. A.
Publisher: New York : John Wiley, c1997Description: x, 398 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471291056.Subject(s): Astronautics and state -- Soviet Union -- History | Astronautics and state -- United States -- History | Cold war -- History | Space race -- HistoryDDC classification: 387.809
Contents:
Acknowledgement. - Introduction. - 1. Wonder-weapons and prison camps : rocketry under Stalin and Hitler. - 2. Ingenious Yankees : the rise of America's rocket industry. - 3. Racing to Armageddon : the superpowers begin their missile programs. - 4. The mid-1950s : spacecraft, planned and imagined. - 5. "The Russians are ahead of us!" : the space race begins. - 6. A promise of moonglow : space in the wake of Sputnik. - 7. Afternoon in May : Kennedy commits to the moon. - 8. High-water mark : the manned moon race. - 9. Lunar aftermath : space stations and the shuttle. - 10. Electrons in the void : the unmanned space programs. - 11. Space in the eighties : the efforts falter. - 12. Renewal and outlook : commerce and cooperation in space. - Notes. - Bibliography. - Index.
Summary: T.A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits - Back cover
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Acknowledgement. - Introduction. - 1. Wonder-weapons and prison camps : rocketry under Stalin and Hitler. - 2. Ingenious Yankees : the rise of America's rocket industry. - 3. Racing to Armageddon : the superpowers begin their missile programs. - 4. The mid-1950s : spacecraft, planned and imagined. - 5. "The Russians are ahead of us!" : the space race begins. - 6. A promise of moonglow : space in the wake of Sputnik. - 7. Afternoon in May : Kennedy commits to the moon. - 8. High-water mark : the manned moon race. - 9. Lunar aftermath : space stations and the shuttle. - 10. Electrons in the void : the unmanned space programs. - 11. Space in the eighties : the efforts falter. - 12. Renewal and outlook : commerce and cooperation in space. - Notes. - Bibliography. - Index.

T.A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits - Back cover

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