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UNINA9910822073303321 |
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Autore |
Burgess Colin <1947-> |
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Shattered Dreams : The Lost and Canceled Space Missions / / Colin Burgess ; foreword by Don Thomas |
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Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2019] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019 |
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©[2019] |
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ISBN |
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1-4962-1420-X |
1-4962-1422-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Collana |
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Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight |
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Soggetti |
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Manned space flight - History |
Astronauts |
Electronic books. |
Outer space Exploration History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue: end of a spaceflight dream -- Losing the moon: Apollo, the abandoned missions -- Earthbound astronaut: scientist-astronaut Duane ("Doc") Graveline -- Born beneath the Southern Cross: NASA's Group 6 astronaut Philip K. Chapman -- Svetlana's story: Russia's journalist-in-space program and cosmonaut-journalist Svetlana Omelchenko -- Unfulfilled ambitions: Lt. Cdr. Stephen D. Thorne, USN -- The greatest gesture: oceanographer Robert E. Stevenson -- Test pilot and ex-astronaut: Group 5 astronaut Lt. Cdr. John S. Bull, USN -- An Indonesian flag in space: payload specialist Pratiwi Sudarmono -- Countdown to Skynet: Britain's first astronaut candidates -- Patience, persistence, and guts: the extraordinary story of Frank K. Ellis -- Vostok lady: pilot and parachutist Marina Popovich -- With stars in her eyes: Group 19 mission specialist Patricia Hilliard Robertson -- New Hampshire to the new frontier: payload specialist candidate Robert J. Wood -- Argentina's only astronaut: Fernando ("Frank") Caldeiro. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"'Shattered Dreams' recounts the personal stories and recollections of several men and women who were in line to fly a specific or future |
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