New on the EA - Moon Race, Soviet Meetings, Mars Heavyweights

New on the Encyclopedia Astronautica:

Moon Race - IT WAS THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY!
....the Americans vs the Russians, toe-to-toe...
....a side-by-side chronology of the desperate struggle to be first on the moon!

http://www.astronautix.com/articles/moonrace.htm

Key Soviet Meetings! - blow-by-blow narratives of the secret meetings
where the decisions were made on how to meet the Apollo challenge!

http://www.astronautix.com/articles/keylight.htm

...and..

Mars 5NM - and Voyager
NO-NONSENSE Mars robot missions...launched by N1 or Saturn V superboosters!

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/mars5nm.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/voyr1973.htm

Mark Wade
Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://www.astronautix.com/