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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cavallaro, Umberto (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Space Exploration
• Θέματα: Astronomy.; Space sciences.; History.; Russia-History.; Europe, Eastern-History.; United States-History.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Popular Science in History.; Russian, Soviet, and East European History.; US History.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.