The Sputniks Crisis and Early United States Space Policy: A Critique of the Historiography of Space

by Rip Bulkeley

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349119830
• ISBN13: 9781349119837
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"