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Science with a Vengeance: How the Military Created the Us Space Sciences After World War II
Science with a Vengeance How the Military Created the Us Space Sciences After World War II
Author: David H. DeVorkin
The exploration of the upper atmosphere was given a jump start in the United States by German V-2 rockets - Hitler's "vengeance weapon" - captured at the end of World War II. The science performed with these missiles was largely determined by the missile itself, such as learning more about the medium through which a ballistic missile travels. Gr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9783540941378
ISBN-10: 3540941371
Publication Date: 1/1992
Pages: 404
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Publisher: Springer
Book Type: Hardcover
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