To a distant day : the rocket pioneers
Chris Gainor (Author)
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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9780803222588, 9781281213525, 9786611213527, 9781496211583, 0803222580, 1281213527, 661121352X, 1496211588
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Acknowledgements Foreword from Col. Alfred Worden Acronyms Chapter 1 Space Dreams and War Drums Chapter 2 Tsiolkovsky and the Birth of Soviet Astronautics Chapter 3 Robert Goddard's Solitary Trail Chapter 4 Hermann Oberth and Early German Rocketry Chapter 5 Von Braun, Dornberger and World War II Chapter 6 Rockets, Balloons and the Right Stuff Chapter 7 Korolev and the First ICBM Chapter 8 The Military Industrial Complex Chapter 9 Sputniks and Muttniks Chapter 10 The Birth of NASA Chapter 11 Man In Space Soonest Epilog: July 6, 1969 Sources Index
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