Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age
Format: kindle
ASIN: B000V770IC
Publish date: April 1st 2010
Publisher: Times Books
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
A well written and excellent account of the competing US and Soviet rocket programs from WWII to orbit. I wish there was a second volume, detailing the actual space competitions.By the way, the audiobook version of this is excellent.