Breaking the Chains of Gravity
Subtitle: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Sigma
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781472911247
Subjects: Rocketry, history; Rockets (aeronautics)
Description: Looks at the evolving roots of America's space program--the scientific advances, the personalities, and the rivalries between the various arms of the United States military. After the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957, getting a man in space suddenly became a national imperative, leading President Dwight D. Eisenhower to pull various pieces together to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.