LEADER 04308nam 22006735 450 001 9910349506303321 005 20200707004039.0 010 $a3-030-19588-0 010 $a9783030195885$b(electronic bk.) 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-19588-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000009453338 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-19588-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5928965 035 $a(PPN)258303727 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009453338 100 $a20191008d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChina in Space $eThe Great Leap Forward /$fby Brian Harvey 205 $a2nd ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 552 pages) $cillustrations (some color), photographs (chiefly color) 225 1 $aSpace Exploration 311 $a3-030-19587-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Author?s Introduction -- Chapter 1: The far side of the Moon -- Chapter 2: Medieval rockets to first satellites -- Chapter 3: New rockets, launch sites and ships -- Chapter 4: Science and technology -- Chapter 5: Communications -- Chapter 6: Applications and military -- Chapter 7: Manned flight -- Chapter 8: To the Moon and Mars -- Chapter 9: China in perspective -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Timeline of key dates in China?s space program -- Appendix 2: List of Chinese space launchings -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aIn 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon, something never achieved by any country before. China had already become the world?s leading spacefaring nation by rockets launched, sending more into orbit than any other. China is now a great space superpower alongside the United States and Russia, sending men and women into orbit, building a space laboratory (Tiangong) and sending probes to the Moon and asteroids. Roadmap 2050 promises that China will set up bases on the Moon and Mars and lead the world in science and technology by mid-century. China?s space programme is one of the least well-known, but this book will bring the reader up to date with its mysteries, achievements and exciting plans. China has built a fleet of new, powerful Long March rockets, four launch bases, tracking stations at home and abroad, with gleaming new design and production facilities. China is poised to build a large, permanent space station, bring back lunar rocks, assemble constellations of communications satellites and send spaceships to Mars, the moons of Jupiter and beyond. A self-sustaining lunar base, Yuegong, has already been simulated. In space, China is the country to watch. 410 0$aSpace Exploration 606 $aTechnology 606 $aAerospace engineering 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aSpace sciences 606 $aChina?History 606 $aPopular Science in Technology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q36000 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 606 $aHistory of China$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715010 615 0$aTechnology. 615 0$aAerospace engineering. 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aSpace sciences. 615 0$aChina?History. 615 14$aPopular Science in Technology. 615 24$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 615 24$aHistory of China. 676 $a600 676 $a629.420951 700 $aHarvey$b Brian$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0277228 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910349506303321 996 $aChina in Space$92028742 997 $aUNINA