Overview
- Continues the History of the Human Space Exploration miniseries by Evans, which commemorates over 50 years of humans in space
- Explores the continued rivalry between the two superpowers during the Eighties to the early Nineties
- Sets the human space program in its political, historical, and cultural setting
- Offers a comprehensive, stand-alone survey of a significant portion of the human space story
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
“Tragedy and Triumph” focuses on the 1980s and early 1990s, a time when relations between the United States and the Soviet Union swung like a pendulum between harmony and outright hostility. The glorious achievements of the shuttle were violently arrested by the devastating loss of Challenger in 1986, while the Soviet program appeared to prosper with the last Salyut and the next-generation Mir orbital station. This book explores the continued rivalry between the two superpowers during this period, with each attempting to outdo the other – the Americans keen to build a space station, the Soviets keen to build a space shuttle – and places their efforts in the context of a bitterly divisive decade, which ultimately led them into partnership.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This large volume takes readers to the early 1990s. Evans provides very good details of people and events, but places much less emphasis on science, engineering, and space technology. The author’s intent was to emphasize the human and personal side of the many aspects of space exploration--not only of the Americans, but also of the Soviets and others. … Summing Up: Recommended. All academic, professional, and general space history collections.” (A. M. Strauss, Choice, Vol. 50 (5), January, 2013)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit
Book Subtitle: The Eighties and Early Nineties
Authors: Ben Evans
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3430-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3429-0Published: 01 June 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3430-6Published: 01 June 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 614
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Popular Science in Astronomy, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)