Reconsidering Sputnik : forty years since the Soviet satellite /: forty years since the Soviet satellite. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Reconsidering Sputnik : forty years since the Soviet satellite /: forty years since the Soviet satellite. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Reconsidering Sputnik : forty years since the Soviet satellite
- 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
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