The great space race between the Soviet Union and the United States is remembered by many as the first time man touched the moon. However, it is much more than that and in Jasani and Lee's book, Countdown to Space War, the two authors explore why the space race began and its impact on human history, the different types of spaceships launched and the how the space race began. tension between the Soviet Union and America. Author Jasani and Lee dive deep into the happenings of spaceship manufacturing in the mid-1900s and reveal the plethora of strictly military satellites such as the ASAT satellite that was heavily involved in reconnaissance and relaying information to base commanders. Along with military satellites, there were also satellites detailed in the book that were used for exploration, such as the first man-made object in space, the Soviet Sputnik 1. Then there were other Earth-friendly satellites such as the Tiros 1 satellite which was built to monitor weather events on earth so as to better help meteorologists understand the earth's ever-changing weather patterns. The two authors also seem to criticize the United States for having irregularly followed the Soviet Union during the early beginnings of the space race because, while the Soviet Union had, albeit quite abruptly, started sending vehicles into space Sputnik, NASA was encountering failure after failure. , to put it in perspective: “The Americans were ready to take off for the marathon space race between the two superpowers. But it was a false start. The Vanguard launch vehicle lost thrust after just two seconds and the spacecraft failed to orbit” (6). Jasani and Lee's book, Countdown to Space War, follows an interesting and unique narrative path. Suppose, for example, that the author is talking about the Soviet Cosmos series of the De la Houssaye-2 spacecraft and begins