02841nam a22004695i 4500 978-0-387-71673-2 DE-He213 20260521091938.0 cr nn 008mamaa 100301s2008 xxu| s |||| 0|eng d 9780387716732 99780387716732 10.1007/978-0-387-71673-2 doi CICY 520 23 Norris, Pat. author. Spies in the Sky [recurso electrónico] : Surveillance Satellites in War and Peace / by Pat Norris. New York, NY : Praxis, 2008. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia recurso en línea cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Springer Praxis Books Sputnik -- After 50 years-satellites in our daily lives -- Cold War nuclear stand-off -- Spy satellites -- Problems of verifying an Arms Limitation Treaty -- The road to SALT-I -- SALT-II -- The other Cold War nuclear powers-China, the UK, France -- After the Cold War-regional tensions -- What the future holds. In Spies in the Sky Patrick Norris responds to the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age - the launch of Sputnik 1 - with a review of the most important historical applications of space science for the benefit of the human race during that half century, focusing particularly on the prevention of nuclear war. The author addresses the oft quoted conclusion that the Moon landings and the 'race to the Moon' between the two superpowers were a side effect of the Cold War, by describing what he believes was the more important event - the use of satellites by military to prevent the Cold War becoming a 'hot war'. In developing the story the author casts a spotlight on a little-known aspect of the Space Age, namely the military dimension. Today military satellites represent 25 percent of all satellites in orbit, and they are just as important now in preventing regional nuclear war as they were in preventing global Armageddon more than 30 years ago. SCIENCE (GENERAL). ASTROPHYSICS. ASTRONOMY. POPULAR SCIENCE. POPULAR SCIENCE IN ASTRONOMY. EXTRATERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, SPACE SCIENCES. SPACE EXPLORATION AND ASTRONAUTICS. PHYSICS AND APPLIED PHYSICS IN ENGINEERING. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer eBooks Printed edition: 9780387716725 Springer Praxis Books http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71673-2 Ver el texto completo en las instalaciones del CICY ddc ER 34207 34207 0 0 ddc 0 0 LE CICY CICY EL 2025-07-10 0 520 2025-07-10 08:40:13 2025-07-10 ER