This new ocean : the story of the space age /

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Author / Creator:Burrows, William E., 1937-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Random House, c1998.
Description:xviii, 723 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3663312
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ISBN:0679445218 (hardcover)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [679]-701) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Bird Envy
  • 2. Rocket Science
  • 3. Gravity's Archers
  • 4. Missiles for America
  • 5. The Other World Series
  • 6. To Race Across the Sky
  • 7. War and Peace in the Third Dimension
  • 8. The Greatest Show on Earth
  • 9. A Bridge for Galileo
  • 10. To Hit a Moving Target
  • 11. From the Earth to the Moon
  • 12. Destination Mars
  • 13. A Grand Tour: The Majestic Adventure
  • 14. The Roaring Eighties
  • 15. Downsizing Infinity
  • 16. The Rings of Earth
  • 17. The Second Space Age.