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Arrows to the moon : Avro's engineers and the space race /

Tells for the first time the story of the Canadian and British engineers from Avro Canada who played key roles in the space race.

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Glavni avtor: Gainor, Chris. (Author)
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: Burlington, Ont. : Apogee Books, cop. 2001.
Teme:
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History.
A.V. Roe and Co > History.
Aeronautical engineers > Canada.
Aerospace engineering > United States > History.
Space race.
Astronavtika in vesoljska plovila > Aeronavtika in letalstvo > Kanada > ZDA.
Avro Canadian > astronavti > inženirji letalske industrije > NASA > zgodovina > vesoljska tekma > vesoljska tehnika
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Kazalo:
  • Acronyms
  • October 4, 1957
  • 1. The Avro story
  • 2. Moving south
  • 3. Building Mercury from the ground up
  • 4. How do we go to the Moon?
  • 5. Mercury orbits and NASA moves
  • 6. Jim Chamberlin and the creation of Gemini
  • 7. Gemini flies
  • 8. Owen Maynard and the rise of Apollo
  • 9. From the fire to lunar orbit
  • 10. Reaching the goal
  • 11. Expeditions to the Moon
  • 12. Building the Space Shuttle
  • 13. The troubled ascent of space stations
  • 14. Building Canada's Space Program
  • Conclusion: A Godsend to NASA
  • Avro engineers at NASA
  • Sources
  • Index.

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