The first space race : launching the world's first satellites / Matt Bille and Erika Lishock ; forew...
The first space race : launching the world's first satellites / Matt Bille and Erika Lishock ; forew...
The first space race : launching the world's first satellites / Matt Bille and Erika Lishock ; foreword by James A. Van Allen.
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College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2004.
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N629.46097/1
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English
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xviii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / James A. Van Allen -- Introduction : the race to Valhalla -- 1. Laying the foundations : from Kepler to the Cold War -- 2. Origins of the U.S. satellite program -- 3. The dream of Sergey Korolev -- 4. Turning point : the Stewart Committee -- 5. The trials of Project Vanguard -- 6. Russia...
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College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2004.
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1st ed.
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Texas
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c2004.
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The first space race : launching the world's first satellites / Matt Bille and Erika Lishock ; foreword by James A. Van Allen.
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Centennial of flight series ; no. 8.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N629.46097/1
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74VKp2L3dpgl
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1585443743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781585443567 (cloth : alk. paper)
1585443565 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781585443741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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629.460973
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991019168059702626
