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Author : Joanne Randolph
Release : 2003-01-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 881/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dennis Tito by : Joanne Randolph
Download or read book Dennis Tito written by Joanne Randolph. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses American businessman Dennis Tito and his historic trip to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft as the first tourist to pay for space travel.
Author : Heather Feldman
Release : 2002-12-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 495/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dennis Tito by : Heather Feldman
Download or read book Dennis Tito written by Heather Feldman. This book was released on 2002-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the journey of Dennis Tito, the wealthy businessman who made a trip into space by purchasing a seat aboard a Russian spacecraft.
Author : Greg Klerkx
Release : 2005-01-11
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 736/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lost in Space by : Greg Klerkx
Download or read book Lost in Space written by Greg Klerkx. This book was released on 2005-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong to the moon has lost its meteoric vision, says journalist and space enthusiast Greg Klerkx. NASA, he contends, has devolved from a pioneer of space exploration into a factionalized bureaucracy focused primarily on its own survival. And as a result, humans haven’t ventured beyond Earth orbit for three decades. Klerkx argues that after its wildly successful Apollo program, NASA clung fiercely to the spotlight by creating a government-sheltered monopoly with a few Big Aerospace companies. Although committed in theory to supporting commercial spaceflight, in practice it smothered vital private-sector innovation. In striking descriptions of space milestones spanning the golden 1960s Space Age and the 2003 Columbia tragedy, Klerkx exposes the “real” NASA and envisions exciting public-private cooperation that could send humans back to the moon and beyond.
Author : Tim Furniss
Release : 2007-08-17
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 807/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 by : Tim Furniss
Download or read book Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 written by Tim Furniss. This book was released on 2007-08-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This flagship work charts a complete chronological log of orbital manned spaceflight. Included are the X-15 "astroflights" of the 1960s, and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone missions which were non-orbital. There is an image depicting each manned spaceflight, and data boxes containing brief biographies of all the space travelers. The main text is a narrative of each mission, its highlights and accomplishments, including the strange facts and humorous stories connected to every mission. The resulting book is a handy reference to all manned spaceflights, the names of astronauts and cosmonauts who flew on each mission, their roles and accomplishments.
Author : Greg Autry
Release : 2024-05-07
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Red Moon Rising by : Greg Autry
Download or read book Red Moon Rising written by Greg Autry. This book was released on 2024-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The space race was a critical determining factor in the Cold War. After its Sputnik miracle, the Soviets’ loss of the race to the Moon undermined the international mystique of Communism and crushed the USSR’s dreams of world domination. America’s wildly successful Apollo program, by sharp contrast, brought America global glory and prestige—along with a plethora of “miracle technologies” that accelerated economic growth and strengthened US national security for half a century. We are now embroiled with a brutal and autocratic Communist China in a new cold war and second, far more consequential, race to the Moon—whichever country seizes the commanding heights of the moon will have preferential access to vast lunar resources that will determine the quality of life on Earth and the political and moral character of the human diaspora as it advances into the solar system. America should win Space Race 2.0 and is leading an international and commercial coalition to do so. Yet, Communist China is giving no ground even as its rockets soar above us. The clear risk: Timid and visionless policy makers in the White House and Congress may well surrender the ultimate high ground to the butchers of Beijing. Greg Autry and Peter Navarro have been warning of this competition for more than a decade. Both were influential in the construction of America’s triumphant space agenda during the Trump administration. In this book, they take you through the technology, economics, and history of this important topic and provide policy recommendations that will win the Space Race for America.
