The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:PublicAffairsISBN-13:9781541703346ISBN-10:1541703340UPC:9781541703346Book Category:History, Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Modern, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:20th Century, Space ExplorationSize:8.50 x 6.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCE4A7QH3W
A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science. In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Soviet Union devastated by the conflict, the Space Race should have been over before it started. But the underdog Soviets scored a series of victories--starting with the 1957 launch of Sputnik and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:PublicAffairsISBN-13:9781541703346ISBN-10:1541703340UPC:9781541703346Book Category:History, Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Modern, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:20th Century, Space ExplorationSize:8.50 x 6.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCE4A7QH3W
John Strausbaugh is a well known author of history books. His titles include Victory City, City of Sedition, and The Village. A former editor of New York Press, he has written about history and culture for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Evergreen Review, the Wilson Quarterly, and other publications.
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