Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite

By Roger D. Launius

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9057026236
• ISBN13: 9789057026232
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"