Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey 1957 -- the Space Race Begins

Name: Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey 1957 -- the Space Race Begins
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ISBN: 9780743294324

ISBN-10: 0743294327

ISBN-13: 9780743294324

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael D'Antonio

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A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkeytells the remarkable story of America's first efforts to succeed in space, a time of exploding rockets, national space mania, Florida boomtowns, and interservice rivalries so fierce that President Dwight Eisenhower had to referee them. When the Soviet Union launched the first orbital satellite,Sputnik I,Americans panicked. The Soviets had nuclear weapons, the Cold War was underway, and now the USSR had taken the lead in the space race. Members of Congress and the press called for an all-out effort to launch a satellite into orbit. With dire warnings about national security in the news almost every day, the armed services saw space as the new military frontier. But…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 9/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Prelude: Ford Fairlanes, Atom Bombs, and Satellites



Those Damn Bastards!



New Moon Worries



The Cape



And a Dog Shall Lead Them



Hold It!



The Acid Test



Being Nonchalant and Lighting Up a Marijuana



A New Era of Exploration



Opportunists and Adventurers



Eggheads and Pie Trucks



The Monkey and the President


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index