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T. A. HEPPENHEIMER, Ph.D., an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has written extensively on aerospace, business, and the history of technology. He is a frequent contributor to magazines such as Discover, Forbes, Nature, Omni, and American Heritage. He is the author of six previous books, Turbulent Skies (Wiley) and Colonies in Space.

Wonder-Weapons and Prison Camps: Rocketry Under Stalin and Hitler; Ingenious Yankees: The Rise of America's Rocket Industry; Racing to Armageddon: The Superpowers Begin Their Missile Programs; The Mid-1950s: Spacecraft, Planned and Imagined; The Russians Are Ahead of Us! : The Space Race Begins; A Promise of Moonglow: Space in the Wake of Sputnik; Afternoon in May: Kennedy Commits to the Moon; High-Water Mark: The Manned Moon Race; Lunar Aftermath: Space Stations and the Shuttle; Electrons in the Void: The Unmanned Space Programs; Space in the Eighties: The Efforts Falter; Renewal and Outlook: Commerce and Cooperation in Space; Notes; Bibliography; Index.