Clayton C Anderson

It's a Question of Space

An Ordinary Astronaut's Answers to Sometimes Extraordinary Questions

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Produktbeschreibung

Clayton C. Anderson retired in 2013 after a thirty-year career with NASA and two missions to the International Space Station, during which he performed six spacewalks. He is the author of The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut¿(Nebraska, 2015) and A is for Astronaut: Blasting through the Alphabet. He is also a motivational speaker and a senior faculty fellow and distinguished lecturer of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University. He lives in League City, Texas, with his wife and two children. ¿

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Altersempfehlung: 13 bis 17 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781496205087
• ISBN-10: 1496205081
• Artikelnr.: 50010589

Autorenporträt

Clayton C. Anderson retired in 2013 after a thirty-year career with NASA and two missions to the International Space Station, during which he performed six spacewalks. He is the author of The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut (Nebraska, 2015) and A is for Astronaut: Blasting through the Alphabet. He is also a motivational speaker and a senior faculty fellow and distinguished lecturer of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University. He lives in League City, Texas, with his wife and two children.  

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
1. The Life of an Astronaut
2. The Basics of Outer Space
3. ET Phone Home
4. The International Space Station
5. Space Physiology and Psychology
6. Space Celebrity and Miscellany
7. Philosophy and Politics
8. Normal Spaceflight Operations
9. Space Suits and Space Walks
10. So You Wanna Be an Astronaut?