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Secret Projects Military Space Technology (Hardcover)

Author:  Bill Rose
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1857802969
ISBN-13: 9781857802962
Sku: 207651689
Publish Date: 8/13/2012
Dimensions:  (in Inches) 11.5H x 8.5L x 0.75T
Age Range:  NA
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This book is a serious, factual study outlining 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 tehse 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.
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