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Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
Amy Shira Teitel
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Description for Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
Paperback. The revealing backstory of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp colour section. BIC Classification: TBX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. In the 1930s, rockets were all the rage in Germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the German armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. One of the key figures in this period was Wernher ... Read more
NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. In the 1930s, rockets were all the rage in Germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the German armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. One of the key figures in this period was Wernher ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472911247
SKU
V9781472911247
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99-50
About Amy Shira Teitel
Amy Shira Teitel is a lifelong space-history nerd who has turned her schoolgirl fascination with the Apollo missions into a career researching the minutiae of spaceflight's history. Amy started writing for the public with her blog, Vintage Space. She has also written for a number of other online and print publications including Discovery News Space, ... Read more
Reviews for Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
Teitel . . . illuminates the foundations of American spaceflight with this exceptional and detailed 'prehistory' of the field . . . fascinating new territory, filled with a galaxy of lively characters. - Publishers Weekly This is a good treatment of the origins of the US space program. - CHOICE magazine ... Read more