Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference (NASA History Series Book 4029)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00FFDU1H4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 434 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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“The one thing for which this century will be remembered 500 years from now was: This was the century when we began the exploration of space.” He noted that Project Apollo gave many a sense of infinite potential. “It was agonizing,” CNN anchor and senior correspondent Judy Woodruff said of the selection process. “I put DNA and penicillin and the computer and the microchip in the first 10 because they’ve transformed civilization. It seeks to recount the missions, measuring results against the expectations for them.The purpose of this work is to provide a comprehensive reference for facts about Project Apollo, America’s effort to put humans on the Moon.For a program of the magnitude of Apollo, numerous NASA centers and contractors created post-mission reports, a situation which created some differences in certain reported measurements. “Pearl Harbor will be as remote as the War of the Roses,” he said, referring to the English civil war of the 15th century. Schlesinger, Jr., best summarized the position of a large number of individuals polled. Perhaps because of his long life, Schlesinger has looked toward a positive future, and that prompted him to rank the lunar l
Great, great book Ignacio Calleja Ahedo All you need in reference to Apollo statistics in excellent order and description. Very well organized and illustrated.I specially liked their summaries.I highly recommend this book