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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Roger D. LauniusPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Greenwood Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.576kg ISBN: 9780313299681ISBN 10: 0313299684 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 June 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews"""Launius does an excellent job summarizing the early history of spaceflight with his essays--the real meat of the book--and the inclusion of the primary documents provides interesting insights into how major policy decisions were reached, from Kennedy's Apollo decision to the building of the space shuttle. Recommended for public and academic libraries.""-Library Journal" Launius does an excellent job summarizing the early history of spaceflight with his essays--the real meat of the book--and the inclusion of the primary documents provides interesting insights into how major policy decisions were reached, from Kennedy's Apollo decision to the building of the space shuttle. Recommended for public and academic libraries. -Library Journal Author InformationROGER D. LAUNIUS is chair of the Division of Space History of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. He has written or edited several books on aerospace history, including Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars (2003) Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles, with Dennis R. Jenkins (2002) agining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities, 1950-2050, with Howard E. McCurdy (2001) d Innovation and the Development of Flight (1999). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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