Re: "Space Race" on Wikipedia

"Stuf4" <tdadamemd-spamblock-@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I haven't seen anyone at sci.space post a reference to this "Space
> Race" article from Wikipedia, so here it is:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_race
>
> I will be interested to see any constructive feedback you may have.
>
> ~ CT
>

It is a bit uneven over some of the important details (the authors of some
references made same error). Article seems to try to highlight milestones
in the "Space Race" -- and attempts to treat the subject from a serial
viewpoint - when in fact the true events (ICBM development, military usage
of space, science discoveries, manned exploration) were parallel events with
different end visions or goals.

1957-1958 IGY (July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958)

The launch of Sputnik is widely regarded as the beginning of "The Space
Race", but planning for the IGY started in Silver Springs, Maryland on April
5, 1950 at James Van Allen's house. 1957-1958 was selected due to the
period of maximum solar activity

The nice feature of wikipedia is that it is open for additional
contributions (written and photos). Some timeline events comments or those
missing:

1. No mention of Apollo 8 first lunar orbital achievements
2. Gemini program only mentioned for orbital rendezvous - and failed to
recognize the first docking in space with Gemini VIII
3. Date of Korolev's death (although mentioned elsewhere in article) was a
critical turning point for the Soviet manned program
4. While Explorer I is mentioned for the significance of Van Allen belt
detection -- the Explorer III launch data was also used for verification.
5. No mention of ECHO or Telstar in early 1960s


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