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Does anyone know some good books that explore the space race? I've read Carrying the Fire(which was excellent), but it doesn't touch much on what the Soviets w
by bobo_legos 6y ago
Does anyone know some good books that explore the space race? I've read Carrying the Fire(which was excellent), but it doesn't touch much on what the Soviets were doing.
- Cyphusx 6y agoI found "This New Ocean" by William E. Burrows to be a rather good account of the first space race, as it covers both sides in an equal amount of detail.
- e-_pusher 6y agoThis biography of the chief rocket designer of the Soviets, Sergei Korolev, is also a good introduction to the Soviet space program. https://www.amazon.com/Korolev-Masterminded-Soviet-Drive-America/dp/0471327212 https://www.amazon.com/Korolev-Masterminded-Soviet-Drive-Ame...
- avmich 6y agoI'd strongly recommend Boris Chertok's "Rockets and People" - https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/rockets_people_vol1_detail.html https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/rockets_people_vol1_deta... . 4-volume first hand account (Chertok's immediate boss was Korolev and then Mishin, of N-1 fame, and Glushko, Energiya-Buran) . Really good memoirs about Soviet side of things.