SpaceX SN9 Explodes on Landing

Re:SpaceX SN9 Explodes on Landing by bobo_legos on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @04:32PM (#26007045)

Does anyone know some good books that explore the space race? I've read Carrying the Fire(which was excellent), but it doesn't touch much on what the Soviets were doing.

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Re:SpaceX SN9 Explodes on Landing by e-_pusher on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @05:42PM (#26008031)

This biography of the chief rocket designer of the Soviets, Sergei Korolev, is also a good introduction to the Soviet space program.

https://www.amazon.com/Korolev-Masterminded-Soviet-Drive-Ame...

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Re:SpaceX SN9 Explodes on Landing by Cyphusx on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @05:03PM (#26007503)

I found "This New Ocean" by William E. Burrows to be a rather good account of the first space race, as it covers both sides in an equal amount of detail.

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Re:SpaceX SN9 Explodes on Landing by avmich on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @07:52PM (#26009265)

I'd strongly recommend Boris Chertok's "Rockets and People" - https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/rockets_people_vol1_deta... . 4-volume first hand account (Chertok's immediate boss was Korolev and then Mishin, of N-1 fame, and Glushko, Energiya-Buran) . Really good memoirs about Soviet side of things.

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