Amy Shira TeitelBreaking the Chains of Gravity
The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
Amy Shira Teitel is a lifelong space-history nerd who has turned her schoolgirl fascination with the Apollo missions into a career researching the minutiae of spaceflight's history. Amy started writing for the public with her blog, Vintage Space. She has also written for a number of other online and print publications including Discovery News Space, Al-Jazeera, The Guardian and Universe Today. She runs a thriving YouTube channel (also called Vintage Space), and has appeared on the Discovery channel, the Military channel, SyFy, and the Science channel, and she is a host on DNews, Discovery Channel's online daily news show. Amy was also an embedded journalist on the New Horizons team, bringing the excitement of humanity's first mission to Pluto to the space-loving public. @astVintageSpace
PrefaceChapter 1: Hobby RocketeersChapter 2: The Rocket LoopholeChapter 3: The Turning Tide of WarChapter 4: Escape and SurrenderChapter 5: Nazi Rockets in New MexicoChapter 6: Rockets Meet AirplanesChapter 7: A New War, a New Missile, and a New LeaderChapter 8: Higher and FasterChapter 9: Edging into HypersonicsChapter 10: The Floating AstronautChapter 11: Space Becomes an OptionChapter 12: The First Satellite RaceChapter 13: One Little Ball's Big ImpactChapter 14: The Fight to Control SpaceEpilogue: America Finds Its Footing in SpaceGlossary of PeopleGlossary of Places and OrganizationsGlossary of RocketsSelected Notes BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex
