| Description |
xxiii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Outward odyssey |
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Outward odyssey.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-218) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Rocketry -- History.
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Astronautics -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780803222090 cloth alkaline paper |
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0803222092 cloth alkaline paper |
| Sudoc No. |
U5002 T193 .0003 -2008 nbdocs |
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