Apollo in Perspective Spaceflight Then and Now
London: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2000. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, xvi, 320 pp., illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, tables and diagrams. Five appendices included. Light foxing on top and fore-edge of text block, very light foxing on leaf edges throughout, otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition. In an informal and engaging style, Jonathan Allday, of The King's School in Canterbury, explains the physics and technology that saw the Apollo space programme land a man on the moon. He also looks at the development of the space shuttle, new technologies and what it would take to develop a successful manned mission to Mars. Item #4888
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