Product Description Tells the story of the Canadian and British engineers who played key roles in putting Americans on the Moon and in building the United States’ space program.
Product Description NASA’s entire fleet of unmanned deep space probes, including Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, Galileo, Cassini, Deep Space One, Stardust, and NEAR are discussed in this comprehensive study of NASA’s Deep Space Probe program. The press kits and flight data for each spacecraft are provided along with the latest information [...]
Product DescriptionSix Issues: September/November 2002, May/July/September/November 2003.
Product DescriptionA revelatory look at the U.S. Government’s plan to put weapons in outer space, by two bestselling experts.“During the early portion of the twenty-first century, space power will also evolve into a separate and equal medium of warfare….The emerging synergy of space superiority with land, sea, and air superiority will lead to Full Spectrum [...]
Product DescriptionThis second edition takes account of the important changes that have swept the field since the end of the Cold War, including the rapid growth and change in commercial space-launch services, increasingly important issues of international trade in space-related goods and services, the expansion of space-based communications services, and the move to rethink-and perhaps [...]
Product Description The tension-filled careers of the Mercury Seven, a handful of elite fighter pilots selected as America’s first astronauts, is traced in this account of the dreams and nightmares of the early days of the U.S. manned space program. A behind-the-scenes look at the competitive and often arrogant atmosphere of the initiative—including details on [...]
Product DescriptionSpace activities are currently in a transitional phase: the shift from publicly financed to private activities is a result of reduced public funding and increased commercial space opportunities. This leads to an increased commercial space marketing mix and marketing management. A classical `4Ps’ approach is proposed, covering the Product, Price, Physical distribution, and Promotion [...]
Product DescriptionThis fully illustrated guide to the world’s most-visited aviation and space museum is both an indispensable companion for visitors and a detailed history in itself of humanity’s quest for flight. The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) houses the world’s greatest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft plus an amazing assortment of other historic [...]
Product DescriptionHow NASA Learned To Fly in space is about a time when the agency was young and lean, and had an explicit mandate of staggering audacity set against a tight deadline. A time when the agency readily accepted risk, and made momentous decisions ‘on the run’.A time when a rendezvous was a major objective [...]
