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Washington, DC: NASA, 2000. very good, very good. 1011, illus., figures, tables, footnotes, glossary, bibliographic essay, appendices, index, some creasing in margins of pp. 33-82. Part of the NASA History Series. The author weaves together three broad interpretive themes: the institutional framework of the Soviet space program and the constituencies that sometimes teamed together and sometimesfought with each other: the engineers, the artillery officers, the defense industrialists, and the Communist Party leaders; Soviet military officers' quick loss of interest in civilian space activities, since such efforts could hurt the funding potential for military rocketry; and Soviets' methods of technological innovation, with the author challenging the Western conventional wisdom that the Soviets always tended toward incremental, rather than revolutionary, innovation.
Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 by Siddiqi, Asif A - 2000
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Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration/ NASA, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1011pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering. Black pictorial dj, minor rubbing, tiny chips to edges; in mylar. Very heavy; priority and out of US shipping at cost..
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- Keywords NASA SPACE RACE SOVIET RUSSIA HISTORY SPUTNIK YURI GAGARIN
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Washington, D.C.: NASA, 2000 F-/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & bumped); pp. xvi, 1012 (last blank), with illustrations. Heavy item (2kgs), extra postage may apply. A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-.
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Washington: NASA, 2000. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket xvi + 1011pp., b/w plates, appends., index, NASA SP 4408. Explains the differing approaches to space exploration; the US short term race to the moon & the Soviet development of a space station for long term exploration
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