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The Missile and Space Race (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,926
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The Missile and Space Race (Hardcover, New): Alan Levine

The Missile and Space Race (Hardcover, New)

Alan Levine

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Here is a history of the development of military missiles and space travel from World War II to the American visits to the Moon in 1969-1972. It stresses the relationship between the early stages of space exploration and the arms race, and that a dual path led to space flight. One was the development of unmanned long-range war rockets, the other, less often noted, was the rocket-powered research plane. The first path led through the intercontinental ballistic missile to the first artificial satellites and space capsule; the latter, more uniquely American, through the X-series and Skyrocket rocket planes to the X-15, and ultimately to the Space Shuttle. The early part of the book focuses on the Soviet-American race to develop the ICBM in the 1950s, and the first satellites, with particular attention paid to the events and reactions that followed the flight of Sputnik I in 1957 and the subsequent missile gap era.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 1994
First published: July 1994
Authors: Alan Levine
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94451-3
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics
Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
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LSN: 0-275-94451-4
Barcode: 9780275944513

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