Space Suit: 21 Essays on Technology, Complexity and Design
Author:   Nicholas De Monchaux
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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Pages:   190
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Format:   Paperback
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The rapid design, development, and production of an effective space suit was one of the most significant challenges of the Space Race, and the cold war. Author de Monchaux tells the gripping story.

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Author:   Nicholas De Monchaux
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:  

9780387952956


ISBN 10:   0387952950
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction, 2. Definition of Space, 3. The New Look, 4. The New Look In Defense Spending, 5. 'Fellow Traveller,' 6. NASA, 7. Cyborg, 8. Wiley Post, 9. Flight Suit to Space, 10. Man In Space, 11. Bras and the Battlefield, 12. 'Poyekhali!', 13. Gemini, 14. Simulations, 15. Suitless Spaceflight, 16. The Moon Suit Plays Football, 17. The Handmade, 18. 21 Layers, 19. July 20, 1969, 20. The Hard Suit, 21. Conclusion.

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Nicholas de Monchaux (Charlottesville, VA) has studied design at Yale, Princeton, and the American Academy in Rome, and teaches at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia.

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