Title: The People Magazine version of the Space Race
Product review: I'd give this book more credit if it's title were, "The Space Race: The Personalities Behind the Rockets."But, it's not. It becomes immediately apparent that the author has no interest in the technology of space flight, or of the technical differences and approaches that lay behind U.S. and Soviet developments in spaceflight. Nor is there a good explanation of why the U.S. Apollo program succeeded while the Soviet moon program failed- at least, no technical reason.Because, this book isn't about the technology, it's about the persoNALities. Because everything is, like, y'know, personal.So, if that's what you're looking for then you'll find this book a delight. But if you're looking for a coherent story of how space technologies were developed in the USA and USSR during the Space Race years, you'll surely be disappointed.
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