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Chasing the Moon

- How America Beat Russia in the Space Race
Af: Alan Andres, Robert Stone Engelsk Paperback

Chasing the Moon

- How America Beat Russia in the Space Race
Af: Alan Andres, Robert Stone Engelsk Paperback
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In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a giant leap forward.A companion book to the landmark documentary series on BBC TV.The journey from Cape Canaveral to the Moon was a tremendous achievement of human courage and ingenuity. It was also a long, deadly march, haunted by the possibility of catastrophic failure on the world’s stage. In an era when the most advanced portable computer weighed 70 pounds, had a 36-kilobite memory and operated on less power than a 60-watt lightbulb, the sheer audacity of the goal is breath-taking. But the triumph of imagination and the unity of the Earth that day would change the world.Based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material, Chasing the Moon reveals the unknown stories of the individuals who made the Moon landing a possibility, from inspirational science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark and controversial engineer Wernher von Braun, to pioneers like mathematician Poppy Northcutt and astronaut Edward Dwight. It vividly revisits the dawn of the Space Age, a heady time of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
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In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a giant leap forward.A companion book to the landmark documentary series on BBC TV.The journey from Cape Canaveral to the Moon was a tremendous achievement of human courage and ingenuity. It was also a long, deadly march, haunted by the possibility of catastrophic failure on the world’s stage. In an era when the most advanced portable computer weighed 70 pounds, had a 36-kilobite memory and operated on less power than a 60-watt lightbulb, the sheer audacity of the goal is breath-taking. But the triumph of imagination and the unity of the Earth that day would change the world.Based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material, Chasing the Moon reveals the unknown stories of the individuals who made the Moon landing a possibility, from inspirational science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark and controversial engineer Wernher von Braun, to pioneers like mathematician Poppy Northcutt and astronaut Edward Dwight. It vividly revisits the dawn of the Space Age, a heady time of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9780008307882
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0008307881
Udg. Dato: 23 jul 2020
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 23 jul 2020
Forfatter(e): Alan Andres, Robert Stone
Forfatter(e) Alan Andres, Robert Stone


Kategori Naturvidenskabens historie


ISBN-13 9780008307882


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 384


Udgave


Længde 32mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 23 jul 2020


Oplagsdato 23 jul 2020


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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