Richard Jurek

The Ultimate Engineer

The Remarkable Life of Nasa's Visionary Leader George M. Low

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Produktbeschreibung

NASA pioneer George M. Lowâ s remarkable life, accomplishments, and legacy as a key visionary and leader.

Produktdetails

• Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9781496229410
• ISBN-10: 149622941X
• Artikelnr.: 61381552

Autorenporträt

Richard Jurek is a contributor to the Smithsonian’s Air & Space magazine and website and is the coauthor of Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program with David Meerman Scott. Gerald D. Griffin is a former director of the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston and also served as the deputy director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center and the Hugh F. Dryden Flight Research Center.    

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
1. New Beginnings
2. A Man in Space, Soonest
3. Toward a Worthy Goal
4. The Longest Days
5. Post-Apollo
6. Giving Back to the Future
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index