The Space Age Generation: Lives and Lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration - Hardcover

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9780816551040: The Space Age Generation: Lives and Lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration
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ISBN 10: 0816551049 ISBN 13: 9780816551040
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 2024

Synopsis

In 1957 Sputnik launched toward the stars. President Kennedy then announced that the United States would send men to the Moon and then return them to Earth.These pivotal moments sparked an unequaled bound forward in human innovation and scientific exploration.

At the heart of this momentous time were the men and women working behind the scenes. Scientists, historians, and astronomers share their memories and contributions from this unparalleled era in essays told in their own words. They are the remarkable generation who witnessed and contributed to some of space science’s most stunning achievements. Here they have recorded their memories—their childhood inspirations, their challenges, failures, and triumphs—for future generations.

A unique and authoritative record of a momentous period in human history, The Space Age Generation highlights the golden age of space exploration and the people who made it happen.

Contributors
Leo Aerts
Alexander Basilevsky
Klaus Brasch
Clark R. Chapman
Dale P. Cruikshank
William K. Hartmann
William Leatherbarrow
Baerbel Koesters Lucchitta
Yvonne Pendleton
Peter H. Schultz
William Sheehan
Paolo Tanga
Charles A. Wood

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About the Author

William Sheehan is a retired psychiatrist, amateur astronomer, and astronomical historian who has written twenty books on astronomy. His most recent books are Discovering Mars (with Jim Bell) and Venus (with Sanjay Limaye).
 
Klaus Brasch is a retired academic and life-long amateur astronomer. He has published more than one hundred biomedical research papers as well as numerous popular science articles dealing with astronomy and astrobiology.

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Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816551049
ISBN 13 
9780816551040
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
336
Editor
Sheehan William, Brasch Klaus R.
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