To a distant day : the rocket pioneers /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gainor, Chris (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Colección:Outward odyssey.
Temas:
Rocketry > History.
Astronautics > History.
Fuséologie > Histoire.
Astronautique > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
HISTORY > World.
Astronautics
Rocketry
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • 1. Space dreams and war drums
  • 2. Tsiolkovsky and the birth of Soviet astronautics
  • 3. Robert Goddard's solitary trail
  • 4. Hermann Oberth and early German rocketry
  • 5. Von Braun, Dornberger, and World War II
  • 6. Rockets, balloons, and the right stuff
  • 7. Korolev and the first ICBM
  • 8. The military-industrial complex
  • 9. Sputniks and Muttniks
  • 10. The birth of NASA
  • 11. Man in space soonest
  • Epilogue: July 16, 1969
  • Sources
  • Index.

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