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A History of Space Flight
T. A. Heppenheimer (Author)
9780471291053, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 12 April 1999
420 pages
23.7 x 15.8 x 2.9 cm, 0.626 kg
"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." "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." "By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen." "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."
—Scientific American
—The Times (London)
—Lee Atwood, former president and chairman, North American Aviation
—Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph
Ein historischer Blick auf das Raumfahrtzeitalter, das die Entwicklung und die Zukunft US-amerikanischer, sowjetrussischer und europaischer Programme verfolgt - in nuchterner Weise, ohne Astronauten oder Technologie zu glorifizieren. Heppenheimer stellt die Raumfahrt in einen politisch-sozialen Kontext und erklart, warum sich die beiden Gro?machte auf einen teuren, politisch brisanten Wettlauf in den Weltraum einlie?en und warum die Ergebnisse trotz immensen Kapitaleinsatzes bis heute unbefriedigend bleiben. (03/99)
Wonder-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.
Subject Areas: History [HB]
