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Title:
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To a distant day : the rocket pioneers /
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Authors:
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Chris Gainor, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008
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Series:
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Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-8032-2209-0
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Format:
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xxiii, 236 p. / ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL781
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Subjects:
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Astronautics--History
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Rocketry--History
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Description:
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Offers a complete and thoroughly compelling account of humanity's determined efforts, sometimes poignant, sometimes amazing, sometimes made to leave the earth behind. An account of humanity's efforts to leave the earth behind, Chris Gainor's narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos and created the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration
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Format :
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In print
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