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Countdown: History of Space Flight Book

Countdown offers a technically detailed, historically rich narrative of the human quest to enter deep space. T. A. Heppenheimer, the author of several books touching on the history of aviation, traces the development of manned flight through the military rocketry programs of the pre-World War II era, writing of experiments that often ended disastrously until all the ingredients, physical and chemical, came together. Drawing on recently declassified documents, he studs his account with telling anecdotes. (In one, a Soviet crew returned from a circumnavigation of earth and touched down off course, winding up in the Ural Mountains surrounded by hungry wolves--hardly the stuff of regular astronaut training.) For space buffs, this is a highly recommended work of reference.Read More

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    T. A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits.

    "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is."â??The Times (London)

    "A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union . . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists.â??Scientific American.

    "Countdown is by far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories.â??Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph.

    "Science writer Heppenheimer's readable account provides a timely historical overview of the early visionaries, the engineers, and the geopolitical forces that placed men on the moon and created today's aerospace industry. . . . A thoughtful analysis that is highly recommended.â??Library Journal.

    "By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen. . . . [Heppenheimer] concentrates unerringly on key elements, both technical and managerial, in this account of man's initial space ventures."â??Lee Atwood, Former president and chairman, North American Aviation Corporation.

    "Like a skilled artisan, Heppenheimer weaves social, political, scientific, technological, military, and economic threads of the history of space flight into a tapestry that reveals fascinating patterns and themes."â??Publishers Weekly

  • 0471291056
  • 9780471291053
  • T. A. Heppenheimer
  • 12 April 1999
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 420
  • New edition
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