To a Distant Day The Rocket Pioneers |
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| Author:
| Gainor, Chris |
| Foreword by:
| Worden, Alfred |
| Series title: | Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-4521-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space.
Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space.