Où en est l'astronautique ?

Hilaire Cuny
Year1958
PublisherLes Éditions du Zénith
LanguageFR
Pages155
SeriesOù en est ?...
Rating★★★☆☆ (3/5)
AudienceGeneral
LevelBeginner
Keywords
astronauticsrocketinterplanetary travelartificial satellitespace race
ThemesSpace Race, Launchers & Propulsion

Written in the immediate aftermath of the Sputnik I launch (4 October 1957), this encyclopedic survey covers the state of astronautics at the dawn of the space age. In eleven chapters, Hilaire Cuny addresses cosmology, rocket physics, gravity and special relativity, a complete tour of the solar system, the medical challenges of human spaceflight, cosmic radiation and meteorite hazards, and the social and philosophical implications of space exploration. A complementary bibliography of approximately fifty titles is appended.

📖 Editorial Review

Written in the months following the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, this slim volume from Éditions du Zénith attempts to answer the question dominating French newspapers since October 1957: where exactly does astronautics stand? Hilaire Cuny, a prolific science popularizer, takes on the challenge with …