Reconsidering Sputnik : forty years since the Soviet satellite /: forty years since the Soviet satellite. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Roger D. Launius, John M. Logsdon, and Robert W. Smith.
• Other Names: Launius, Roger D; Logsdon, John M, 1937-; Smith, Robert W (Robert William), 1952-
• Contents: Introduction. Was Sputnik really a saltation? / Walter A. McDougall -- Space flight in the Soviet Union / Roger D. Launius -- Rising from the cradle : Soviet perceptions of space flight before Sputnik / Peter A. Gorin -- Korolev, Sputnik, and the International Geophysical Year / Asif A. Siddiqi -- Korolev's triple play : Sputniks 1, 2 and 3 / James J. Harford -- Sputnik and the creation of the Soviet space industry / William P. Barry -- A setting for the International Geophysical Year / Robert W. Smith -- The Sputniks and the IGY / Rip Bulkeley -- Cover stories and hidden agendas : early American space and national security policy / Dwayne A. Day -- Before Sputnik : national security and the formation of U.S. outer space policy / Kenneth A. Osgood -- Orbiter, overflight, and the first satellite : new light on the Vanguard decision / Michael J. Neufeld -- Ramifications and reactions / John M. Logsdon -- The first Earth satellite : a retrospective view from the future / Sergey Khrushchev -- Building a third space power : Western European reactions to Sputnik at the dawn of the space age / John Krige -- Organizing the United States government for outer space, 1957-1958 / Eilene Galloway -- A certain future : Sputnik, American higher education, and the survival. of a nation / John A. Douglass -- Sputnik : a political symbol and tool in 1960 campaign politics / Gretchen J. Van Dyke -- Epilogue. Sputnik and technological surprise / Glenn P. Hastedt.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (464 pages)
• Subjects: 629.410947; SCIENCE / History; Artificial satellites, Russian; Astronautique -- Politique gouvernementale -- URSS; Astronautique -- Politique gouvernementale -- États-Unis; Spoutnik -- Histoire; Artificial satellites, Russian; Exploration of outer space; SCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science; Outer space -- Exploration -- Soviet Union -- History; Outer space -- Exploration -- United States -- History; Outer space; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134960330; 1134960336
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