The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks A Story of Puffery vs. the Pragmatic /

The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This book will show how beneath the...

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Hlavní autor: Cavallaro, Umberto (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:Space Exploration
Témata:
Astronomy.
Space sciences.
History.
Russia-History.
Europe, Eastern-History.
United States-History.
ISBN:9783319921532
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Obsah:
  • Chapter 1: Sputnik Triggers the USSR-USA Space Race
  • Chapter 2: Man in Space
  • Chapter 3: Astronaut Sits in the Driver's Seat
  • Chapter 4: Two Tragedies Block the Space Race
  • Chapter 5: The Final Leap
  • Chapter 6: Apollo 11 - Astrophilatelic Aspects
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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