Shayler David,
Colin Burgess
Springer New York
2007e druk, 2006
9780387218977
NASA's Scientist-Astronauts
Specificaties
Paperback, 543 blz.
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Engels
Springer New York |
2007e druk, 2006
ISBN13: 9780387218977
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Onderdeel van serie
Springer Praxis Books
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Samenvatting
This book provides unique access to the story of how scientists were accepted into the American Space Programme, and reveals how, after four difficult decades, the role of the heroic test pilot astronaut has been replaced by men and women who are science orientated space explorers.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780387218977
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:543
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:2007
Serie:Springer Praxis Books
Inhoudsopgave
The Wrong Stuff.- Scientists as Astronauts.- The Scientific Six.- School for Scientists.- The Excess Eleven.- “Flying Is Just Not My Cup of Tea”.- A Geologist on the Moon.- Laboratories in the Sky.- Shuttling into Space.- The Long Wait.- Ending of Eras.- Science Officers on ISS.