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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Autor principal: Mieczkowski, Yanek (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What was the Sputnik "panic"?
  • The most fateful decision of his presidency?
  • Eisenhower's reaction to Sputnik
  • Space and Eisenhower's principles
  • Cheerleader-in-chief
  • Gloom, gloom, gloom
  • High in space, low on earth
  • Eisenhower's rival
  • Radical moves
  • Order from chaos
  • Defeat and a score
  • Priorities versus prestige
  • Satellites, Saturn, spacemen
  • Voyages, images, mirages
  • Space and prestige in the 1960 race
  • Eisenhower versus Kennedy.

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