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Explore the era that changed the world with Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite. Published by Routledge as part of the Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine series, this book examines the moment Russia ushered in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. This historical study covers the formation of NASA and the intense race for human moon exploration. It also looks at the reality of global satellite communications and the development of scientific spacecraft used to explore the universe. Featuring an introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Walter A. McDougall, this work provides essential context for the significance of Sputnik at the end of the twentieth century.

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This Routledge publication explores the history of the Soviet satellite launch and the start of the space age.

The text examines the formation of NASA and the competitive race for human exploration of the moon.

Readers can learn about the reality of global satellite communications and new generations of scientific spacecraft.

Includes an introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Walter A. McDougall to provide historical context.

Part of the Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine series.

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Release Date
31 October 2000
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25 January 2007

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