LEADER 04593nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910955259303321 005 20251116221921.0 010 $a1-60344-360-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000051072 035 $a(OCoLC)680622488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10411771 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000458222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924213 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10420622 035 $a(PQKB)10367718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037759 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1206 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037759 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10411771 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436609 035 $a(BIP)26399713 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000051072 100 $a20081125d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRed cosmos $eK.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry /$fJames T. Andrews 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A & M University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (168 p.) 225 1 $aCentennial of flight series ;$vno. 18 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-60344-117-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrelude before Tsiolkovskii: Russian rocketry from Peter the Great to the nineteenth century -- Introduction envisioning the cosmos: K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Russian public culture, and the mythology of Soviet cosmonautics, 1857-1964 -- Beginnings, teaching science in a provincial context: Tsiolkovskii's years in the Russian locale, 1857-1917 -- Dreaming of the cosmos: early scientific and technical experimentation in pre-1917 Kaluga, Russia -- Getting serious about rocket flight in revolutionary Russia, 1917-1928 -- Cross-fertilizing futuristic literary genres: utopian science fiction or didactic popular technology in revolutionary Russia, 1890-1928 -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman: technology, Soviet national identity, and the memorialization of a local hero in the dawn of Sputnik, 1928-1957 -- Epilogue and conclusion: chudo (wonder) or chudak (crank), the legacy of Tsiolkovskii in the Khrushchev era and beyond 1964. 330 $aLong before the space race captured the world's attention, K. E. Tsiolkovskii first conceived of multi-stage rockets that would later be adapted as the basis of both the U.S. and Soviet rocket programs. Often called the grandfather of Russian rocketry, this provincial scientist was even sanctioned by Stalin to give a speech from Red Square on May Day 1935, lauding the Soviet technological future while also dreaming and expounding on his own visions of conquering the cosmos. Later, the Khrushchev regime used him as a "poster boy" for Soviet excellence during its Cold War competition with the United States. Ironically, some revisionists have since pointed to such blatant promotion by the Communist Party in an attempt to downplay Tsiolkovskii's scientific contributions. James T. Andrews explores the complexities of this man to show that Tsiolkovskii was much more than either a rocket inventor or a propaganda tool. He was a science popularizer, novelist, technical inventor, and visionary, whose science fiction writings included futuristic drawings of space stations long before they appeared on any engineer's drawing board. Mining a myriad of Russian archives, Andrews produces not only a biographical account but also a study of Soviet technological propaganda, local science education, public culture in the 1920s and 1930s, and the cultural ramifications of space flight. 410 0$aCentennial of flight series ;$vno. 18. 517 3 $aK.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry 606 $aAerospace engineers$zSoviet Union$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, Russian$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, Soviet$vBiography 606 $aScience fiction, Soviet$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAstronautics$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aAstronautics$xSocial aspects$zSoviet Union 615 0$aAerospace engineers 615 0$aAuthors, Russian 615 0$aAuthors, Soviet 615 0$aScience fiction, Soviet$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAstronautics$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronautics$xSocial aspects 676 $a629.4092 676 $aB 700 $aAndrews$b James T.$f1961-$01864899 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955259303321 996 $aRed cosmos$94471868 997 $aUNINA