Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment : The Race for Space and World Prestige /

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In Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment, Yanek Mieczkowski examines the early history of America's space program, reassessing Eisenhower's leadership. He details how Eisenhower approved breakthrough satellites, supported a new civilian space agency, signed a landmark science education law, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mieczkowski, Yanek (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Eisenhower, Dwight D., > 1890-1969.
DJ Sputnik
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > 1890-1969
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969.
Ruimtevaart.
Spoetnik.
Raumfahrtpolitik
Sputnik satellites.
Politics and government.
Astronautics and state.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
55.61 history of space flight.
Astronautique > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Spoutnik > Histoire.
Satellites artificiels russes > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Astronautics and state > United States > History.
Sputnik satellites > History.
Artificial satellites, Russian > Political aspects > United States.
Verenigde Staten.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1953-1961.
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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