Something New under the Sun Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age

Name: Something New under the Sun Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age
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ISBN: 9780387949147

ISBN-10: 0387949143

ISBN-13: 9780387949147

Edition: 1998

Authors: Helen Gavaghan

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Though most of us seldom notice the presence of satellites, we would notice their absence. In this history of the satellites that knit together our world, Gavaghan shows how pioneers turned the dreams of science fiction into indispensable reality.

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 11/7/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 3.058
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Prologue: The Seed



New Moon



Cocktails and the Blues



Follow That Moon



The Space Age



Navigation



Polaris and Transit



Heady Days



Pursuit of Orbit



From Sputnik II to Transit



Kershner's Roulette



The Realities of Space Exploration



Move Over, Sputnik



Meteorology



A Time of Turbulence



The Bird's-Eye-View



Keep it Simple, Suomi



Storm Patrol



Communications



The Players



Of Moons and Balloons



Telstar



The Whippersnapper



Syncom



Epilogue


Chronology


Notes and Sources


Index