Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race av Hugh R. (University of Otago) Slotten

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<p><b>A fascinating account of how the United States established the first global satellite communications system to project geopolitical leadership during the Cold War.</b></p><p>On July 20, 1969, the world watched, spellbound, as NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped off the Apollo 11 lunar module to walk on the moon. NASA estimated that 20 percent of the planet''s population¿nearly 650 million people¿watched the moon landing footage, which was made possible by the first global satellite communications system, the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, or Intelsat. </p><p>In <i>Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race</i>, Hugh R. Slotten analyzes the efforts of US officials, especially during the Kennedy administration, to establish this satellite communication system and open it to all countries of the world. Locked in competition with the Soviet Union for both military superiority and international prestige, President John F. Kennedy overturned the Eisenhower administra