Space Exploration 2007 (Springer Praxis Books Space Exploration)

✍ Scribed by Brian Harvey

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 170
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book provides an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results. The annual, written for both young and older space enthusiasts, provides a regular, balanced review of all the world’s major space programmes. It covers space exploration from a variety of angles: looking back at past missions, reviewing those currently under way and looking to those planned for the future. The ten invited contributions each year will cover a variety of topics within these areas. The book is for space enthusiasts from teens upwards through to professionals working in the worldwide space industry and journalists covering space issues.

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