Japan In Space: Past, Present and Future

Author:   Brian Harvey
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
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Pages:   421
Publication Date:   17 November 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Brian Harvey
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.810kg
ISBN:  

9783031455711


ISBN 10:   3031455711
Pages:   421
Publication Date:   17 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Chapter 1 - Origins - the legacy of Hideo Itokawa.- Chapter 2. Space science.- Chapter 3. Technology, society and economy.- Chapter 4. Deep space.- Chapter 5. Human spaceflight.- Chapter 6. Change of direction.- Chapter 7. Infrastructure and organization.- Chapter 8. Future.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Japan in comparative Asian and global perspective.

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Brian Harvey has been a writer and broadcaster on spaceflight since the early 1970s. His articles have appeared in Spaceflight, Space Chronicle, Quest, Orbit, Astronomy & Space, Go Taikonauts! and ROOM.  He has contributed to radio programs on BBC (Radio 4, Radio 5, World Service, Northern Ireland), Voice of American, Radio Free Europe, Future tense (Australia) and to television and film programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Discovery Channel, Danish TV and China CCTV (Dialogue - ideas matter). His first book was a history of the Soviet space program (Ellis Horwood, 1988), with three subsequent editions; followed by histories of Soviet lunar exploration, Soviet planetary exploration, Russian space science, the American Explorer program as well as histories of the European, Japanese and Indian space programs (all published by Praxis, later Praxis/Springer).  He has written four histories of China’s space program, the most recent also published in Chinese.  He contributed chapters to Space Sleuths (Praxis, 2012) and a book on Yuri Galperin, published by the Academy of Sciences in Moscow (2012).

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