Touch Down
Touchdown of Apollo 11 had many unknowns for the first lunar landing. Dodging the craters and boulders on the moon to land on a firm surface without totally running out of fuel for the return to Earth was a breathtaking experience.The author recounts his press briefing to the world's journalists prior to the 1969 launch at Cape Kennedy, followed by how he became an aerospace engineer. Building a suit to protect the astronauts from the unknowns encountered in the extremes of space and on the lunar surface was an ongoing challenge.Details such as the effects of cosmic rays, thermal extremes and micro-meteoroids on the human body were addressed…
Mehr
CHF 6.45
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5289-7295-6
- EAN: 9781528972956
- Produktnummer: 37695021
- Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
39 weitere Werke von Tim Parker:
Bewertungen
Anmelden