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The Sputniks Crisis and Early United States Space Policy

A Critique of the Historiography of Space

Rip Bulkeley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '91

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An examination of American space policy in the 12 years after World War II and in particular of the reaction provoked by the launching of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957. In the author's opinion the truth of what occurred in this period has been clouded by confusion and misinformation.

ISBN: 9781349119837

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 394g

286 pages

1st ed. 1991