• Media type: Book
  • Title: Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige
  • Contains: 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.
  • Contributor: Mieczkowski, Yanek [Author]
  • Published: Ithaca, NY [u.a.]: Cornell Univ. Press, 2013
  • Extent: VIII, 358 S.; Ill; 24 cm
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780801451508
  • RVK notation: ZO 8050 : Geschichte der Weltraumfahrt und Raketentechnik
  • Keywords: Eisenhower, Dwight D. > Sputnik > Raumfahrtpolitik > Geschichte 1953-1961
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: 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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