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David M. Harland
NASA’s Moon Program [PDF ebook]
Paving the Way for Apollo 11

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Copertina di David M. Harland: NASA's Moon Program (PDF)

In ‘Paving the Way for Apollo 11’ David Harland explains the lure of the Moon to classical philosophers, astronomers, and geologists, and how NASA set out to investigate the Moon in preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. It focuses particularly on the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor missions.

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Astronomers’ Moon.- Geologists’ Moon.- The space age dawns.- Preparing Ranger.- The Apollo commitment.- Ranger struggles.- Ranger triumphs.- Soviet activity.- Developing Lunar Orbiter.- On the surface.- The Apollo zone.- Scratching the Moon.- Orbiters for science.- Tasting the Moon.- Apollo development.- Apollo picks up the pace.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 472 ● ISBN 9780387681320 ● Dimensione 164.8 MB ● Casa editrice Springer New York ● Città NY ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2010 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5210372 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale

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