In ten exciting chapters, Book 3 carries the developing scene of new technologies into the last quarter of the 20th century amid the background of the Cold War and the American attempt to deal with its own crumbling value system. Chapt 1 - A Handshake In Space - "The Congress, short-sighted and without a vision of the future, quickly pulled the funds out from under the NASA manned space program after the first moon landing and the astronaut corps came to an abrupt halt. . . America had demonstrated its superiority in space and won the “space race” without doubt. But that was the end of it!" Chapt 2 - Rendezvous At 20,000 Feet - "One of the clearest indications of disagreement among nations at the height of the Cold War was the fact that the United States and the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear missiles pointed directly at each other, all ready and able to launch at a moment’s notice." Chapt 3 - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - ". . .American intelligence sources indicated a crash Soviet effort was in progress to complete the Russian Space Triad: a manned space station, a Shuttle-type transport vehicle, and a heavy lift launch rocket. Intel reports were never mentioned in the press or during the President's speech." Chapt 4 - Back To Mars - "Our coverage wasn’t broad enough, though, and the expanse of territory not sufficient to provide a greater view of the planet overall. We needed to go back to Mars again to answer the same old questions that haunted us from the very beginning" Chapt 5 - The Best And The Brightest - "The National Defense Education Act of 1958, a reaction to the Soviet launch of Sputnik the year before, and the publication in 1983 of A Nation At Risk by the National Commission On Excellence In Education, have brought no appreciable change in the public education institution in America in the past fifty years." Chapt 8 – Russian Secrets – “The Royal Australian Air Force dispatched a P3 Orion aircraft to check on activities. . .The Orion made several photographic passes around the trawler and discovered a Soviet craft of unknown purpose. The pictures sent to me by the Australian Ministry of Defence at Canberra seemed to offer several possibilities.” Chapt 9 - Hurricanes On Our Doorstep - "Hurricanes need two essential ingredients to function: heat and moisture. If one of these ingredients is absent, the hurricane cannot sustain itself." In the North Atlantic, both these features usually are available in abundance." Chapt 10 - Masterworks Of Technology - "No matter how difficult the problem to be solved or how high the price, human ingenuity and perseverance brought to bear on the situation inevitably will find a way to a successful conclusion." Chapt 11 - Epilogue - "We must be willing, individually and as a nation, to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - President Dwight Eisenhower, 1953.