Guide To Rockets Missiles & Satellites 1958 First Edition by Homer E. Newell Jr
$70.00
This is a rare early space-age introductory book published in 1958 by Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill).
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This is a rare early space-age introductory book published in 1958 by Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill). It came out the same year that the U.S. formed NASA—making it historically significant. Length: ~54 pages Audience: General readers (a “layman’s guide”) Subjects covered: Basic rocket science principles Guided missiles and military applications Early artificial satellites Terminology of the emerging space field It was written right at the dawn of the Space Age, just after Sputnik (1957) and during the earliest U.S. satellite programs.
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