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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Presumed first edition/first printing. VOLUME III ONLY. xxix, [1], 608, [2] pages. 25 cm. Illustrations. Glossary. Biographical Appendix. Index. Slight wear and soiling to DJ. This is part of the NASA History Series. John M. Logsdon is Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum; From 1987 to mid-2008, Logsdon was Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, where he is also Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs. Dr. Logsdon's research interests focus on the policy and historical aspects of U.S. and international space activities. Dr. Logsdon is the author of The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest and is general editor of the eight-volume series Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program. He has written numerous articles and reports on space policy and history. He is frequently consulted by the electronic and print media for his views on space issues. Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author, a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight. Stephen J. Garber is a policy analyst in the NASA History Division. He received a B.A. in Politics from Brandeis University, a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, a master's degree in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, and has successfully completed graduate coursework in National Security Space from the George Washington University. Focusing on national security space, he has also done a detail in the Pentagon's Space Policy office. His chapter on orbital debris was published in the 2016 Space Security Index and another essay on debris is forthcoming as a journal article. He also works on declassification of historical documents. He has written on such aerospace history topics as NASA's organizational culture, project management, the design of the Space Shuttle, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program. A policy history of President George W. Bush's 2004 Vision for Space Exploration, written with a co-author. He also has been published on intelligence history. This volume is the third in a series that had its origins almost a decade ago. The individuals involved in initiating the series and producing the first two volumes have been acknowledged in those volumes. An exception must be made for NASA Chief Historian Roger D. Launius, who has become not only a strong supporter of this series but also an essential collaborator in its implementation. Focuses on: the use of space for practical applications, prints of 112 key documents on the history of satellite communications, remote sensing of Earth, and space as an investment in economic growth, edited for ease of use.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Presumed first edition/first printing. VOLUME III ONLY. xxix, [1], 608, [2] pages. 25 cm. Illustrations. Glossary. Biographical Appendix. Index. Slight wear and soiling to DJ. Inscribed by John Logsdon on the half-title page. Inscription reads: To Lou Jaffe, With respects for everything he has mad happen. Best wishes, John Logsdon. Reception flyer for the book's release laid in. This is part of the NASA History Series. John M. Logsdon is Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum; From 1987 to mid-2008, Logsdon was Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, where he is also Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs. Dr. Logsdon's research interests focus on the policy and historical aspects of U.S. and international space activities. Dr. Logsdon is the author of The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest and is general editor of the eight-volume series Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program. He has written numerous articles and reports on space policy and history. He is frequently consulted by the electronic and print media for his views on space issues. Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author, a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight. Stephen J. Garber is a policy analyst in the NASA History Division. He received a B.A. in Politics from Brandeis University, a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, a master's degree in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, and has successfully completed graduate coursework in National Security Space from the George Washington University. Focusing on national security space, he has also done a detail in the Pentagon's Space Policy office. His chapter on orbital debris was published in the 2016 Space Security Index and another essay on debris is forthcoming as a journal article. He also works on declassification of historical documents. He has written on such aerospace history topics as NASA's organizational culture, project management, the design of the Space Shuttle, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program. A policy history of President George W. Bush's 2004 Vision for Space Exploration, written with a co-author. He also has been published on intelligence history. This volume is the third in a series that had its origins almost a decade ago. The individuals involved in initiating the series and producing the first two volumes have been acknowledged in those volumes. An exception must be made for NASA Chief Historian Roger D. Launius, who has become not only a strong supporter of this series but also an essential collaborator in its implementation. Focuses on: the use of space for practical applications, prints of 112 key documents on the history of satellite communications, remote sensing of Earth, and space as an investment in economic growth, edited for ease of use. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What if there were infinite Earths in the universe, but perhaps existing on different timelines? What if the minds of two DNA matched doppelgangers in two slightly differing worlds were swapped by quantum action, also known as: "spooky action at a distance?" What if there was a support group for those affected, for whom they have coined the term: slip sliders, who share just such an experience? There is: The Slip Sliders Club. Follow the life of one Lola Sandborne following just such a random transmigration.Lola is a single woman who supports herself by day trading and odd jobs.She panics as she suddenly finds herself in the body of an alternate Lola on another, similar Earth.She is sitting in the right seat at the controls of a jet transport. After hospitalization, a Dr. Fernandez recognizes her condition, as it also befell him years ago.He is now executive member of a club that formed to aid fellow "victims," known as slip sliders by them. Lola learns that she is going to experience about five months of most worldly events over again.Witness all of Lola's and the club's adventures as she struggles to understand and adapt to the high strangeness of her startling reincarnation, with the help of Dr. Tomas Fernandez and the Slip Sliders Club. Is there a possibility of getting back to her previous life in her home world?Will she even want to return to it? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …