As with most other new technologies and frontiers, our perceptions of outer space and space technology have been fundamentally shaped by competition and warfare. World War II was the rationale for Nazi Germany's equivalent of the 'Manhattan Project,' led by Wernher von Braun, which first brushed the edge of space in 1942 with the revolutionary V-2 (A-4) ballistic missile.1 Likewise, the superpower competition during the cold war was the most influential factor in shaping both the Soviets1 opening of the space age with the launch of Sputnik I on 4 October 1957 and the eventual American response of initiating a race to the Moon.2.


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    Title :

    Going Boldly-Where. Aerospace Integration, the Space Commission, and the Air Force's Vision for Space


    Contributors:
    P. Hays (author) / K. Mueller (author)

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English