After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060897813 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Horrible Writing What a horrible book!the pics are great but the writing is between improper to just misleading.a few choice examples are: the page about the space shuttle tiles and two space shuttles accidents due to heat shield failure (btw, not true for challenger) keeps using "NASA took the heat" and other "heat" punsvery distasteful.The pag. A different perspective on the Space Race Jflint Excellent book. It looks at the Space Age from a completely different perspective. Doesn't focus on NASA, the Rockets, the Astronauts but on the hardware and paraphenalia associated with the Space Age. The artifacts associated with the race into space get central billing, and like all books I've ever seen edited/published by the. sophiedoodle said Five Stars. Good book, great pictures, and lots and lots of information - - well worth the effort
He received his Ph.D. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.. from the University of Maryland and is the author/editor of several books on space history and on science, technology, and society in the twentieth century, including Space Race: The US-USSR Competition to Reach the Moon (1999). Martin Collins is a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Spa
from the University of Maryland and is the author/editor of several books on space history and on science, technology, and society in the twentieth century, including Space Race: The US-USSR Competition to Reach the Moon (1999). He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.. About the AuthorMartin Collins is a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D
Space exploration has changed the way we look at our universe, our planet, and even the people around us. In addition, the museum's popular culture collection and an art collection include objects such as a 1930s Buck Rogers stopwatch, and Norman Rockwell's famous painting, Suiting Up. The artifacts will range from the famous, such as John Glenn's Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft and the Mars Pathfinder lander and Sojourner rover, to the equally rare, but less well–known, such as the Surveyor 3 camera returned from the Moon and Gordon Cooper's space boots. AFTER SPUTNIK will explore the first 50 years of achievements in space with a guided tour of th