Sunny Tsiao

Piercing the Horizon

The Story of Visionary NASA Chief Tom Paine

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Produktbeschreibung

Delivers new insights into the behind-the-scenes drama of the space race by examining the career of Thomas Paine. Piercing the Horizon provides provocative context to current conversations on the case for reaching Mars, settling our solar system, and continuing the exploration of space.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Purdue University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781557537911
• ISBN-10: 1557537917
• Artikelnr.: 47546632

Autorenporträt

Sunny Tsiao began his career as a Space Shuttle mission training instructor at the Johnson Space Center, and he has worked in aerospace and defense for more than 30 years. Tsiao is an aerospace engineer who writes and completes research projects for the Department of Defense (DOD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He holds bachelor and master of science degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Purdue University. Tsiao is the author of Read You Loud and Clear, a NASA history of the U.S. spaceflight tracking and communications network. He lives in Monument, Colorado.