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 | | Project Mercury: NASA's First Manned Space Programme (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) by John Catchpole ISBN-10: 9781852334062 ISBN-10: 1-85233-406-1 ISBN-13: 9781852334062 ISBN-13: 978-1-85233-406-2 Hardcover 2001-09-06 Springer Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Project Mercury will offer a developmental resume of the first American manned spaceflight programme and its associated infrastructure, including accounts of space launch vehicles. The book highlights the differences in Redstone/Atlas technology, drawing similar comparisons between ballistic capsules and alternative types of spacecraft. The book also covers astronaut selection and training, as well as tracking systems, flight control, basic principles of spaceflight and detailed accounts of individual flights. | ||
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Great Book! Like all of Springer Paxis Books I knew I had to have this one and I was not dissapointed in this one. The book covers all aspects of the program from launch vehicles to launch facilities as well as the astronauts themselves!! It goes into the design studies and concepts, as well as the selection process for the astronauts. | ||