Moon Bound Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts /

Often lost in the shadow of the first group of astronauts for the Mercury missions, the second and third groups included the leading figures for NASA's activities for the following two decades. "Moon Bound" complements the author's recently published work, "Selecting the Mer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burgess, Colin (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Space Exploration,
Temas:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy.
Science-History.
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
History of Science.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I Announcements and volunteers
  • Screening the applicants
  • The finalists
  • The "Next Nine"
  • Settling in
  • Part II The boy from Barren Run
  • Answering the call
  • A few exceptionally good men
  • The Fourteen
  • Patience and Persistence
  • "Before this decade is out"
  • For some, the glory
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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