COUNTDOWN FOR TOMORROW by Caidin, M. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III
From The Space Library
COUNTDOWN FOR TOMORROW
by Caidin, M.
New York, 1958: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 288 pages, $4.95
This is an aviation writer's opinion as to why the USSR won the race to orbit satellites and leads in the field of astronautics in general. The book is concerned with both USSR and US satellite program organization, Vanguard, rocket history, Sputniks 1 and 2, IRBM and ICBM progress, etc.
Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III