| Авторы: | Бжезинский Мэтью, Brzezinski Matthew |
| Жанр: | Наука, Образование |
| Год: | 2013 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8050-8147-3 |
| Язык: | Английский |
| Обьем книги: | Полная версия |
| Рейтинг: | (0) |
On October 4 1957, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly launched Sputnik, the Earth’s first ever artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, this tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet for all its simplicity, Sputnik transformed science fiction into reality, passing over the stunned American continent once every 101 minutes and propelling the USSR from backward totalitarian regime to cutting-edge superpower and pioneer of the Space Age. The United States, desperate to catch up, trailed the Soviets into the space race the following year, with a controversial space programme masterminded by former Nazi rocket scientists.
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