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Wernher Von Braun : the man who sold the moon / Dennis Piszkiewicz

Catalog Data

Author:
Piszkiewicz, Dennis  Search this
Subject:
Von Braun, Wernher 1912-1977  Search this
Physical description:
x, 240 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Germany
Date:
1998
Contents:
The immigrant -- The authorized biography -- The cover-up -- The reborn rocketeer -- Redstone -- Selling space: the Collier's articles -- Disneyland -- The first race for space -- The Soviet chief designer and Sputnik -- Explorer I -- Celebrity -- The challenge of the Moon -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Moonship -- Blunders and disasters -- Men on the Moon -- Shuttle, space station, and the decline of NASA -- Exile in America: von Braun's last years -- Epiliogue: The Man Who Sold the Moon
Topic:
Rocketry  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_560644