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Title:
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Exploring the planets : a memoir /
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Authors:
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F. W. Taylor, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Edition statement:
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First edition.
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Publisher:
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-19-967159-5
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Size:
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xvii, 363 p. / illustrations (chiefly color), color maps / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QB36
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Subjects:
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Astronomy
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Outer space--Exploration
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Description:
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The book offers a personal account of how the space programme has evolved, in particular exploring how the motivations of researchers and politicians can merge to generate the large budgets required; and how the technology is planned and developed to make various feats like landing on Mars or Titan possible.
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