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To a distant day : the rocket pioneers /
Chris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos and created the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun cr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Outward odyssey.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Chris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos and created the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun creating the V-2, the first large rocket, which opened the door to space but failed utterly as the?wonder weapon? it was meant to be. From there Gainor follows the space race to the Soviet Union and the United States and gives us a close look at the competitive hysteria that led to Sputnik, satellites, sp. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803222588 0803222580 1281213527 9781281213525 9786611213527 661121352X 9781496211583 1496211588 |