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Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine) [Hardcover]

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

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Publication Date: October 1, 2000 | Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (Book 11)

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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'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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Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9057026236
ISBN-13: 978-9057026232
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
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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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scientific satellite program, third space power, alleged missile gap, missile gap issue, sounding rocket program, satellite proposal, space boom, civilian space agency, preparedness subcommittee, space enthusiasts, carrier rocket, soviet space program, flexible response strategy, satellite project, design bureau, satellite launcher, rocket technology, space pioneers, ballistic missile program, orbital data

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Soviet Union, Academy of Sciences, National Security Council, State Department, Secretary of Defense, United Nations, Department of Defense, World War, Blue Streak, National Science Foundation, Sergey Korolev, New York, National Academy, Morrill Act, Valentin Glushko, Capitol Hill, Lyndon Johnson, President Kennedy, Royal Society, Army Ordnance, Defense Department, International Astronautical Federation, Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy, Naval Research Laboratory, State Commission

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The Politics of Space: A Comparison of the Soviet and American Space Programs by William H. Schauer on page 225
Cold War, Hot Science: Applied Research in Britain's Defence Laboratories, 1945-1990 by Robert Bud in Back Matter
Playa Giron: Bay of Pigs : Washington's First Military Defeat in the Americas by Fidel Castro in Back Matter
American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future by Glenn P. Hastedt in Back Matter

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American Dreams and Nazi Nightmares: Early Holocaust Consciousness and Liberal America, 1957-1965 (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture and Life) by Kirsten Fermaglich in Back Matter
Will the Scientific and Technical Workforce Meet the Requirements of the Federal Goverment? by William P. Butz in Back Matter
The Analogue Alternative: The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975 (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine) by James S. Small in Front Matter

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