Secret Projects: Military Space Technology

Secret Projects: Military Space Technology
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
192
ISBN
 
9781857802962
Издатель
 
Midland Publishing
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Поступления - 2009 г. - Январь - Июль

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This book outlines the development of space technology for military purposes from its very beginnings during World War II right up to the latest, most sophisticated systems. The author starts with references to the prewar era, then goes on to discuss German rocketry during World War II and their bold wartime ambitions, which were finally developed during the Cold War. By the mid 1950s, space was being visualized as the next big battlefield, and both the U.S. and Soviet Union had ambitions to expand their domains into the solar system. Many of these ideas were completely impractical, way beyond possible realization, extremely dangerous, and completely unaffordable. By the start of manned spaceflight, missions became politically motivated, although military projects continued in the background and this would eventually surface as the Star Wars proposals. This is a serious, factual study about the many projects that have come to the drawing board since the very beginning of...

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