The Greatest Space Generation

320 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Greatest Space Generation is the story of the scientists, engineers, managers, and skilled workers who created the Saturn rocket--a magnificent space machine--to take American astronauts to the Moon. It's about those who came to Huntsville, Alabama, because of the work underway at Redstone Arsenal and later, Marshall Space Flight Center. They were the trailblazers for both missile defense and peaceful exploration of outer space. These pages reveal what it was like to be a rocket scientist working on cutting edge technology in space sciences, guidance and control, fabrication and quality control. Engineers who conducted the fire-and-smoke test firings at the Marshall Space Flight Center recount how they made it thunder in Rocket City. Some will describe what it was like to work or grow up with rocketeers. Others will reflect on their career and what the rocket program gave in return. It took German vision plus American initiative to beat the Russians to the Moon.

• ISBN: 9781942613220
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2016
• Größe: 230 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Acclaim Press
• Herausgegeben von: Ed Buckbee