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Book SynopsisT.A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits. "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is. "-The Times (London) "A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union...
Trade Review"A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union . . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists."
—Scientific American
"If you've already got loads of books on the history of space flight, great news: you can give them all to Oxfam . . . All you need now is this, the most comprehensive, up-to-date and best written history of space flight there is."
—The Times (London)
"By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen."
—Lee Atwood, former president and chairman, North American Aviation
"By far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories."
—Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph
Table of ContentsWonder-Weapons and Prison Camps: Rocketry Under Stalin and Hitler.
Ingenious Yankees: The Rise of America's Rocket Industry.
Racing to Armageddon: The Superpowers Begin Their Missile Programs.
The Mid-1950s: Spacecraft, Planned and Imagined.
"The Russians Are Ahead of Us!": The Space Race Begins.
A Promise of Moonglow: Space in the Wake of Sputnik.
Afternoon in May: Kennedy Commits to the Moon.
High-Water Mark: The Manned Moon Race.
Lunar Aftermath: Space Stations and the Shuttle.
Electrons in the Void: The Unmanned Space Programs.
Space in the Eighties: The Efforts Falter.
Renewal and Outlook: Commerce and Cooperation in Space.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
