Reconsidering Sputnik

NOTE EDITORE

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.

SOMMARIO

Walter A. McDougall Introduction: Was Sputnik Really a Saltation? Part 1: Roger D. Launius Space Flight in the Soviet Union Part 2: Robert W. Smith A Setting for the International Geophysical Year Part 3: Ramifications and Reactions Glenn P. Hastedt Epilogue: Sputnik and Technological Surprise

AUTORE

Robert W. Smith, Roger D. Lanius, John M. Logsdon

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9789057026232
• Collana: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 1.85 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 464