Reconsidering Sputnik : forty years since the Soviet satellite

Author(s)

• Launius, Roger D.
• Logsdon, John M.
• Smith, Robert W. (Robert William)

Bibliographic Information

Reconsidering Sputnik : forty years since the Soviet satellite

edited by Roger D. Launius, John M. Logsdon and Robert W. Smith

（Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine / edited by John Krige, v. 11）

Routledge, 2002, c2000

Note

"Transferred to digital printing 2002, by Routledge"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA56785182
• ISBN:
  • 9789057026232
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 442 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28108266