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Chargement... Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age (2007)par Matthew Brzezinski
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Fascinating story behind the men and politics that launched the USSR's Sputnik and USA's Juno/Explorer. Some of the back-stories are bit over-cooked and almost superfluous. But they ultimately personalize and dramatize what would otherwise be a dry historical info dump. ( ) A thrilling read. I previously read the more voluminous book "Cold War: For 45 years, the world held its breath" published in the same series, and enjoyed it a lot. Hence, it was an obvious opportunity that arrived when I spotted this tome in a bargain bin. It took me a few weeks to get around to reading it, but once I did, I could not put it down. It is simply smashing. Well-written, impeccably researched, and with a very rational portrayal of both sides of the struggle. Brzezinski has done excellently with his portrayal of the power struggles, the political theatrics and the day-to-day trials and tribulations that built up to the succesful launch of the Sputnik - and the failure of the US Navy's "Kaputnik". The testimony from Sergei Khruschev, who experienced the whole debacle first-hand while studying engineering at the behest of his father, makes it all the more worthwhile. A definite must-read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
On October 4, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world. Based on extensive research in the US and newly opened archives in the former USSR, Red moon rising tells the story of five extraordinary months in the history of technology and the rivalry between two superpowers. It takes us inside the Kremlin and introduces the Soviet engineer Korolev, the charismatic, politically-minded visionary who motivated Khruschev to support what others dismissed as a ridiculous program. Korolev is virtually unknown to most Americans, yet it is because of him that NASA exists, that college loan programs were started in the US, and that Kennedy and Johnson became presidents. Character driven, suspenseful, and dramatic, Red moon rising unveils the politics, people, science, and mindset behind a critical and transformative world event. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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