The request -- Jet power -- Trials and errors -- Tomorrowland -- Desert fires -- Pictures in black and white -- A simple satellite -- By the light of a red moon -- Something for the holidays -- Operation confidence -- Goldstone has the bird.
Summary:
Describes how the fierce political battles of the Cold War spawned the space race, discussing the implications of the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in terms of the battle between the two superpowers to put a man on the moon.
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