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matthew brzezinski red moon rising sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the space age 2007 96kbps

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Read by Charles Stransky; Unabridged

On October 4, 1957, a time of Cold War # paranoia # , the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth\'s first artificial moon # . No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery # . Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world.

Based on extensive research in the US and newly opened archives in the former USSR, Red Moon Rising tells the story of five extraordinary months in the history # of technology # and the rivalry between two superpowers. It takes us inside the Kremlin and introduces the Soviet engineer # Korolev, the charismatic, politically-minded visionary who motivated Khruschev to support what others dismissed as a ridiculous program. Korolev is virtually unknown to most Americans, yet it is because of him that NASA exists, that college loan programs were started in the U.S., and that Kennedy and Johnson became presidents.

Character driven, suspenseful, and dramatic, Red Moon Rising unveils the politics, people, science # , and mindset behind a critical and transformative world event.

My previous torrent was pulled before it was seeded to fix a few missing minutes at the end.

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