Rockets and People : Creating a Rocket Industry, Volume 2: Creating a Rocket Industry

By Chertok, Boris

Book Id: WPLBN0002821823
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 3.74 MB
Reproduction Date: 11/14/2012

Title:	Rockets and People : Creating a Rocket Industry, Volume 2: Creating a Rocket Industry
Author:	Chertok, Boris
Volume:	Volume 2
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc., Russian Space Exploration
Collections:	Authors Community, History
Historic Publication Date:
Publisher:	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Member Page:	Brian Dunbar
Citation APA MLA Chicago Chertok, B. B. (n.d.). Rockets and People : Creating a Rocket Industry, Volume 2. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Volume two of Boris Chertok's accounts of the people who were behind the Russian accomplishments in exploring space.

Summary
Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space. The memoirs of Academician Boris Chertok, translated from the original Russian, fills that gap. In these writings, spread over four volumes, Chertok not only describes and reflects upon his experiences, but he also elicits and extracts profound insights from an epic story about a society's quest to explore the cosmos.