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The untold secrets of the soviet space program ebook written by dominic phelan. The untold secrets of the soviet space program by dominic phelan 6 ratings, 3. Kosmos 1402 was launched on august 30, 1982 and reentered the atmosphere on 23 january 1983. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Two years later, the allies had broken their friendship. The space race resulted in great scientific discoveries for both countries.
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The competitive nature of the cold war fueled creativity among scientists and inventors, from the hang glider, to the microwave oven. Government and military patronage shaped cold war technoscientific practices, imposing methods that were project oriented, team based, and subject to national. A new history is meant chiefly, therefore, for a new generation of readers for whom the cold war was never current events. The cold war 1947 1991 introduction the grand alliance formed by the u. The cold war period saw a dramatic expansion of statefunded science and technology research. Cold war history during world war ii, the united states and the soviet union fought together as allies against the axis powers. But what actually was the space race and why is it still important. Timothy barneys book, mapping the cold war, transports the reader back to an era.
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