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698 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2006
The generally accepted date for the beginning of the space age is 4 October 1957, the day the world’s first artificial satellite was launched. However, if you examine the technical nature of this event, then 4 October and then 3 November, the date of the second satellite launch, were actually proof that the Soviet Union had developed the science and technology of rocketry. Space technology is substantially different from rocket technology. In 1957 and up until 1959, space technology did not exist in the Soviet Union or in the U.S.
The road to space was paved with combat missiles.