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Roger D. Lanius & John M. Logsdon
Reconsidering Sputnik [PDF ebook]
Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite

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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. Mc Dougall sets the context for Sputnik and its significance at the end of the twentieth century.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 464 ● ISBN 9781134960262 ● Editor Roger D. Lanius & John M. Logsdon ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2690102 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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