Reconsidering Sputnik
Subtitle: forty years since the Soviet satellite
By: edited by Roger D. Launius, John M. Logsdon, and Robert W. Smith.
Contributors: Launius, Roger D.; Logsdon, John M., 1937-; Smith, Robert W. 1952-
Series: Studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ;; v. 11
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
Subjects: Astronautics and state -- Soviet Union -- History.; Astronautics and state -- United States -- History.; Sputnik satellites -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction. Was Sputnik really a saltation? / Walter A. McDougall; value: Space flight in the Soviet Union / Roger D. Launius; value: Rising from the cradle : Soviet perceptions of space flight before Sputnik / Peter A. Gorin; value: Korolev, Sputnik, and the International Geophysical Year / Asif A. Siddiqi; value: Korolev's triple play : Sputniks 1, 2 and 3 / James J. Harford; value: Sputnik and the creation of the Soviet space industry / William P. Barry; value: A setting for the International Geophysical Year / Robert W. Smith; value: The Sputniks and the IGY / Rip Bulkeley; value: Cover stories and hidden agendas : early American space and national security policy / Dwayne A. Day; value: Before Sputnik : national security and the formation of U.S. outer space policy / Kenneth A. Osgood; value: Orbiter, overflight, and the first satellite : new light on the Vanguard decision / Michael J. Neufeld; value: Ramifications and reactions / John M. Logsdon; value: The first Earth satellite : a retrospective view from the future / Sergey Khrushchev; value: Building a third space power : Western European reactions to Sputnik at the dawn of the space age / John Krige; value: Organizing the United States government for outer space, 1957-1958 / Eilene Galloway; value: A certain future : Sputnik, American higher education, and the survival of a nation / John A. Douglass; value: Sputnik : a political symbol and tool in 1960 campaign politics / Gretchen J. Van Dyke; value: Epilogue. Sputnik and technological surprise / Glenn P. Hastedt.