No downlink : a dramatic narrative about the Challenger accident and our time / Claus Jensen ; trans...
No downlink : a dramatic narrative about the Challenger accident and our time / Claus Jensen ; trans...
No downlink : a dramatic narrative about the Challenger accident and our time / Claus Jensen ; translated by Barbara Haveland.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996.
Uniform title
Date
1996.
Call Numbers
N363.12465/6
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MMS ID
Language
English
Danish
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1996.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
With elegance and wit, Claus Jensen traces the history of rockets, from Wernher von Braun to the development of the "NASA culture." The book dramatically recounts the story of Challenger, including the hectic preparations (influenced by everything from Vice President Bush's travel plans to missing spare parts) and the postmortem investigation spear...
Alternative Titles
Full title
No downlink : a dramatic narrative about the Challenger accident and our time / Claus Jensen ; translated by Barbara Haveland.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Translation of: Challenger, et teknisk uheld.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-394).
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
N363.12465/6
Record Identifier
74VMeeVNglp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMeeVNglp3
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0374120366
9780374120368
DDC
363.12465
MMS ID
991003182109702626
