Amy Shira Teitel

Breaking the Chains of Gravity

The Story of Spaceflight before NASA

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Produktbeschreibung

The revealing backstory of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Sigma / Bloomsbury Specialist
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9781472911247
• ISBN-10: 1472911245
• Artikelnr.: 43757098

Autorenporträt

Amy Shira Teitel is an author and expert in the history of science, with a lifelong passion for spaceflight. An accomplished science communicator and active blogger, she makes regular appearances on Discovery News and Al-Jazeera, and has her own blog, Vintage Space, at http://amyshirateitel.com.

Inhaltsangabe

PrefaceChapter 1: Hobby RocketeersChapter 2: The Rocket LoopholeChapter 3: The Turning Tide of WarChapter 4: Escape and SurrenderChapter 5: Nazi Rockets in New MexicoChapter 6: Rockets Meet AirplanesChapter 7: A New War, a New Missile, and a New LeaderChapter 8: Higher and FasterChapter 9: Edging into HypersonicsChapter 10: The Floating AstronautChapter 11: Space Becomes an OptionChapter 12: The First Satellite RaceChapter 13: One Little Ball's Big ImpactChapter 14: The Fight to Control SpaceEpilogue: America Finds Its Footing in SpaceGlossary of PeopleGlossary of Places and OrganizationsGlossary of RocketsSelected Notes BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

Rezensionen

Teitel explores the fascinating history of one of the most crucial space flight innovations that made the Apollo moon landings possible. How it Works