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Eyeing the Red Storm: Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite
Robert M. Dienesch
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Description for Eyeing the Red Storm: Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
In 1954 the U.S. Air Force launched an ambitious program known as WS-117L to develop the world’s first reconnaissance satellite. The goal was to take photographic images from space and relay them back to Earth via radio. Because of technical issues and bureaucratic resistance, however, WS-117L was seriously behind schedule by the time Sputnik orbited Earth in 1957 and was eventually cancelled. The air force began concentrating instead on new programs that eventually launched the first successful U.S. spy satellites.
Eyeing the Red Storm examines the birth of space-based reconnaissance not from the perspective of CORONA (the first photo ... Read more
In 1954 the U.S. Air Force launched an ambitious program known as WS-117L to develop the world’s first reconnaissance satellite. The goal was to take photographic images from space and relay them back to Earth via radio. Because of technical issues and bureaucratic resistance, however, WS-117L was seriously behind schedule by the time Sputnik orbited Earth in 1957 and was eventually cancelled. The air force began concentrating instead on new programs that eventually launched the first successful U.S. spy satellites.
Eyeing the Red Storm examines the birth of space-based reconnaissance not from the perspective of CORONA (the first photo ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803255722
SKU
V9780803255722
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About Robert M. Dienesch
Robert M. Dienesch is an adjunct assistant professor of history at the University of Windsor, Ontario, and a research affiliate with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. His work has been published in Quest: The History of Spaceflight and Northern Mariner.
Reviews for Eyeing the Red Storm: Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite
"Readers searching for a detailed analysis of early spy satellite development will approve of Dienesch's accessible work."—Publishers Weekly "An intriguing and incisive study. . . . Eyeing the Red Storm puts readers into the middle of the Cold War."—Scott Neuffer, Foreword Reviews "Eyeing the Red Storm is a valuable contribution to the existing literature on military space programs."—Washington Book Review "For ... Read more