Jay Gallentine

Ambassadors from Earth

Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jay Gallentine is a film and video engineer with a lifelong interest in space exploration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 142mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780803249233
• ISBN-10: 0803249233
• Artikelnr.: 40139233

Autorenporträt

Jay Gallentine is a space historian who strives to tell never-before-heard stories of the space age in a lightheartedly appealing, readable, and nontechnical style.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Aboard the Glacier
2. Problem Child
3. The Convict
4. Light Fuse, GET AWAY
5. New Moon
6. Let's Make a Deal
7. The Creators and the Makers
8. Storming the Sea of Dreams
9. Moving at the Speed of Design
10. Job Number MA-11
11. The Science and the Cyclist
12. Get Off the Bus
13. Swing in Time
14. The Meeting and the Mechta
15. Think Like Gravity
16. Didn't They Get It?
17. The Death and the Funeral
18. One Hundred Percent Failure
19. Three-Problem Shipley
20. Pete and Al's Little Field Trip
21. Irradiated Plans
22. Embarking
23. Get It
24. Instant Science
25. Circles of Gold
26. Last Light
27. Continuum
Sources
Index