LEADER 03286nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910438116603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4614-5043-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-5043-6 035 $a(CKB)3460000000120292 035 $a(EBL)1030554 035 $a(OCoLC)836407061 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000878600 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11462324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000878600 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10850660 035 $a(PQKB)11603175 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-5043-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1030554 035 $a(PPN)169135713 035 $a(EXLCZ)993460000000120292 100 $a20130404d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina in space $ethe great leap forward /$fby Brian Harvey 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York ;$aLondon $cSpringer$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (409 p.) 225 1 $aSpringer-Praxis books in space exploration 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4614-5042-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe First Chinese Space Station -- Medieval Rockets to First Satellites -- The Program -- Expanding the Space Program -- Recoverable Satellites -- Applying the Space Program -- The Big Leaf Forward: Manned Spaceflight -- To the Moon and Mars -- Chinese Ambitions in Space. 330 $aThe 21st century has seen the emergence, after the Soviet Union and the United States, of the third great space superpower: China. Here, in China in Space - The Great Leap Forward, Brian Harvey takes a contemporary look at the new Chinese space program. China has already launched its first space station, Tiangong; has sent its first spacecraft to the Moon, the Chang e; and has plans to send spaceships to Mars and further afield. China's annual launch rate has already overtaken those of both Europe and the United States. Huge new production plants and launch centers are under construction, to build and launch the new family of Long March 5, 6, and 7 rockets. In Roadmap 2050, the Academy of Sciences indicates that China intends to be the leading spacefaring nation by mid-century, with bases on the Moon and Mars. This book gives an informed, fully up-to-date commentary on all aspects of the Chinese space program, including its history, development, technology, missions, and the personalities involved. It lists all the Chinese launches, missions, and terminology, going behind the press releases to draw on hitherto unused scientific papers and sources. China in Space is a unique, forward-looking account of the Chinese space program, covering its full range of missions: manned, communications, scientific, military, technology-testing, and lunar. 410 0$aSpringer-Praxis books in space exploration. 606 $aAstronautics$zChina 606 $aSpace race$zChina 615 0$aAstronautics 615 0$aSpace race 676 $a629.420951 700 $aHarvey$b Brian$f1953-$0116314 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438116603321 996 $aChina in space$94203752 997 $aUNINA