NASA's Scientist-Astronauts

Mounting pressure in the early 1960s from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study ways of expanding the role of astronauts to conduct science on future space missions led to NASA's conclusion that flying scientifically trained crewmembers would generate greater returns from each mission...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: David, Shayler (Auteur), Burgess, Colin (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2007.
Édition:1st ed. 2007.
Collection:Space Exploration,
Sujets:
Astronomy.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy-Observations.
Solar system.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Space Physics.
Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  • The Wrong Stuff
  • Scientists as Astronauts
  • The Scientific Six
  • School for Scientists
  • The Excess Eleven
  • "Flying Is Just Not My Cup of Tea"
  • A Geologist on the Moon
  • Laboratories in the Sky
  • Shuttling into Space
  • The Long Wait
  • Ending of Eras
  • Science Officers on ISS.

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