TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heppenheimer,T.A.
TI  - Countdown: a history of space flight 
SN  - 0471291056
U1  - 387.809 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - John Wiley
KW  - Astronautics and state
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Cold war
KW  - Space race
N1  - 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
N2  - T.A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits - Back cover
ER  -