How Apollo Flew to the Moon
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Praxis
Published: November 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780387716756
Subjects: Space travel & exploration; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Astrophysics & Space Science; American rocketry; Saturn V; Science / Astronomy; V-2; manned spacecraft; space engineering; space exploration
Description: "David Woods tells the exciting story of how the Apollo flights were conducted by following a virtual flight to the Moon and back. From launch to splashdown, he hitches a ride in the incredible spaceships that took men to another world, exploring each step of the journey and detailing the enormous range of disciplines, techniques and procedures the Apollo crews had to master. While describing the tremendous technological accomplishment involved, he adds the human dimension by calling on the testimony of the people who were there at the time." "In How Apollo Flew to the Moon there is wealth of accessible material: the role of the powerful Saturn V, the reasoning behind trajectories, the day-to-day concerns of human and spacecraft health between two worlds, and the sheer daring involved in traveling to the Moon in the mid-twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration