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Sto caricando le informazioni... The First Space Race: Launching the World's First Satellitesdi Matt Bille
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This excellent addition to books on space history is devoted to the effort to launch the first satellites. Some of this information is usually included with other books on space history, but only as a chapter or two. It was quite nice to have this book devoted entirely to the subject of the early satellites. The book covers the major players and programs of the era. You get great detail on the Russian program that turned into Sputnik, the Vanguard program, Explorer program and the (usually never heard of) NOTSNIK program. You get a good sense of how much politics affected these early programs, especially on the American side. I would recommend this to anyone looking for information on the earliest satellite launches, or any space enthusiast. Definitely a worthwhile read. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The First Space Race reveals the inside story of an epic adventure with world-altering stakes. From 1955 to 1958, American and Soviet engineers battled to capture the world's imagination by successfully launching the world's first satellite. The race to orbit featured two American teams led by rival services--the Army and the Navy--and a Soviet effort so secret that few even knew it existed. This race ushered in the Space Age with a saga of science, politics, technology, engineering, and human dreams. Before 1955, the concept of an artificial satellite had been demonstrated only on paper. The first nation to transform theory into practice would gain advantages in science, the Cold War propaganda contest, and the military balance of power. Visionaries such as America's Wernher von Braun and Russia's Sergey Korolev knew these fields of endeavor would be affected by the launch of a satellite. Moved by patriotism, inquisitiveness, and pride, people on both sides of the Iron Curtain put forth heroic efforts to make that first satellite possible. Some aspects of this story, like the Navy's NOTSNIK satellite project, are almost unknown. Even some details of well-known programs, such as the appearance of America's pioneering Explorer 1 satellite and the contributions made by its rival, Project Vanguard, are generally misremembered. In this book, authors Matt Bille and Erika Lishock tell the whole story of the first space race. They trace the tale from the origins of spaceflight theory and through the military and political events that engendered the all-out efforts needed to turn dreams into reality and thus shape the modern world. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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