Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

Audiokniga vossozdaet tochnuyu kartinu sopernichestva SSSR i SSHA za pervenstvo v osuschestvlenii poleta cheloveka v kosmos. V ee osnove lezhit vpechatlyayuschiy massiv ne publikovavshihsya ranee dokumentov i vyskazyvaniy teh, kto ne prosto prisutstvoval pri opisyvaemyh sobytiyah, a byl ih aktivnym uchastnikom. Avtor provodit paralleli mezhdu Sergeem Pavlovichem Korolevym i Vernerom fon Braunom, sozdatelyami raket, a takzhe Yuriem Gagarinym i Alanom Shepardom, dvumya kandidatami na pervyy polet v kosmos. TSentralnoe mesto v povestvovanii zanimaet istoriya pervogo sovetskogo kosmonavta Yuriya Gagarina.