Monographie

Harnessing space / edited, and with an introduction and commentary by Willy Ley

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Titre(s)
  • Harnessing space / edited, and with an introduction and commentary by Willy Ley
Auteur(s)
Editeur, producteur
  • New York : Macmillan, London : Collier-Macmillan [1963]
Description matérielle
  • 314 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 629.4
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. 304-306. Chronol. Glossaire. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • List of illustration List of tables Introduction Note on the text 1. The means: orbits and rockets 2. Artificial satellites as navigational aids 3. Weather research and artificial satellites 4. Communication satellites 5. Do the Russians plan a separate communications system? 6. Satellites for astronomical research 7. Man in orbit 8. The by-products of space research Epilogue: the race for space Appendixes. I, A listing of U.S. rockets with space capability. II, Chronology of meteorological-satellite events. III, Chronology of communication-satellite events Glossary of space terms Suggestions for further reading Index Acknowledgments
Résumé ou extrait
  • History and survey of the future purposes of our space-programs, based on U.S. government reports, and pointing up their peaceful applications
Sujet - Nom commun
Forme, genre ou caractéristiques physiques
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