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1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 236 pages)
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illustrations
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0803222580
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0803222092
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9780803222588
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9780803222090
Serie:
Outward odyssey
Inhalt:
Chris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos and created the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun creating the V-2, the first large rocket, which opened the door to space but failed utterly as the?wonder weapon? it was meant to be. From there Gainor follows the space race to the Soviet Union and the United States and gives us a close look at the competitive hysteria that led to Sputnik, satellites, sp
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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List of illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1. Space dreams and war drums -- 2. Tsiolkovsky and the birth of Soviet astronautics -- 3. Robert Goddard's solitary trail -- 4. Hermann Oberth and early German rocketry -- 5. Von Braun, Dornberger, and World War II -- 6. Rockets, balloons, and the right stuff -- 7. Korolev and the first ICBM -- 8. The military-industrial complex -- 9. Sputniks and Muttniks -- 10. The birth of NASA -- 11. Man in space soonest -- Epilogue: July 16, 1969 -- Sources -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780803222090
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0803222092
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gainor, Chris To a distant day Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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