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200 10$aTo a distant day$b[electronic resource] $ethe rocket pioneers /$fChris Gainor ; foreword by Alfred Worden
210   $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (264 p.)
225 1 $aOutward odyssey
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-218) and index.
327   $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Space Dreams and War Drums; 2. Tsiolkovsky and theBirth of Soviet Astronautics; 3. Robert Goddard's Solitary Trail; 4. Hermann Oberth andEarly German Rocketry; 5. Von Braun, Dornberger,and World War II; 6. Rockets, Balloons, and the Right Stuff; 7. Korolev and the First ICBM; 8. The Military-Industrial Complex; 9. Sputniks and Muttniks; 10. The Birth of NASA; 11. Man in Space Soonest; Epilogue: July 16, 1969; Sources; Index
330   $aChris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos and created the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun creating the V-2, the first large rocket, which opened the door to space but failed utterly as the "wonder weapon" it was meant to be. From there Gainor follows the space race to the Soviet Union and the United States and gives us a close look at the competitive hysteria that led to Sputnik, satellites, sp
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