Editorial Reviews
Review
Fascinating even outside its space context....Sufficiently different and unique to warrant attention....This well-documented book is presented in three parts....Particularly interesting is an excellent 23-page epilogue by G.P. Hastedt....Highly recommended for all readers who want a balanced view of historical developments in the space race and its associated politics.
-CHOICE
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 of formerly, Universities Space Research Association (Choice)
Book Description
How did a 184 pound, basketball-sized sphere that was launched into space at the height of the Cold War in 1957 change the face of politics, national security, international prestige, and scientific advancement? In this collection of essays, the editors delve into the launching of Sputnik 1 and how this shocking and symbolic achievement changed the world.
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.
Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite (Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Series),Roger Launius,Routledge,9057026236,Aeronautics & Astronautics,Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union,History,Science,Science/Mathematics,Space Exploration,Space Stations,American history: postwar, from c 1945 -,Astronautics,European history: postwar, from c 1945 -,Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe),History of engineering & technology,International relations,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000,Science / History,USA
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