Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about Space Travel

Mullane, R. Mike

ISBN 10: 0471154040 / ISBN 13: 9780471154044

Editore: Wiley, 1997

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0471154040I2N00

Riassunto:

"An excellent reference. This book has to be on the shelf of everyspace buff." --James Lovell, Commander, Apollo 13.

Get the inside story on outer space from three-time shuttleastronaut R. Mike Mullane.

"A fascinating collection of honest, factual, from-the-heartanswers to the most often asked questions about spaceflight andspacefliers. Required reading for all who aspire to travel inspace." --Kathy Thornton, 4-mission Shuttle Astronaut, World RecordHolder for Spacewalks by a Woman.

"A brilliant addition to the understanding of space flight. Only aman who has been there--outer space--and done that--fly the SpaceShuttle--could render the complexities of flying in space solucidly." --Walter J. Boyne, Colonel, USAF (Ret.), Former Director,National Air and Space Museum.

"A highly informative inside view of what astronauts reallyexperience in space." --Ed Buckbee, Former Director, U.S. Space& Rocket and U.S. Space Camp.

"All astronauts have been peppered with great questions. MikeMullane has great answers." --Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, U.S.Navy (Ret.), Columbia 1981, Challenger 1983, NASA Administrator1989-1992.

Informazioni sull'autore:

R. MIKE MULLANE, a West Point graduate and veteran astronaut, is also the recipient of the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross and the NASA Space Flight Medal. He has been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame.

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Titolo: Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other ...
Casa editrice: Wiley
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: As New
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket