Spaceflight : a concise history / Michael J. Neufeld.
Spaceflight : a concise history / Michael J. Neufeld.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
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G 2018/6187
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English
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xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Spaceflight dreams and military imperatives -- The Cold War space race -- Space science and exploration -- A global space infrastructure -- Astroculture : spaceflight and the imagination -- Human spaceflight after the cold war -- Epilogue : the past and future of spaceflight.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
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Massachusetts
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[2018]
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A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today. Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed...
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Spaceflight : a concise history / Michael J. Neufeld.
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The MIT Press essential knowledge series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/6187
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74VKVQ744lbM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQ744lbM
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0262536331 paperback alkaline paper
9780262536332 paperback alkaline paper
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629.4109
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991024195765802626
