Returning People to the Moon After Apollo : Will It Be Another Fifty Years? / Pat Norris.
Norris, Pat.
2019
TL799.M6
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Title Returning People to the Moon After Apollo : Will It Be Another Fifty Years? / Pat Norris.
Author Norris, Pat.
ISBN 9783030149154 (electronic book)
3030149153 (electronic book)
9783030149147
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14915-4
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-14
10.1007/978-3-030-14915-4 doi
Call Number TL799.M6
Dewey Decimal Classification 629.45/4
Summary July 2019 marks 50 years since Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps on the surface of the Moon. As people around the world celebrate the anniversary of this great American achievement, they might wonder why there have been no further human missions to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. This book assesses the legacy of the Apollo missions based on several decades of space developments since the programs end. The question of why we havent sent humans back to the Moon is explored through a multidisciplinary lens that weaves together technological and historical perspectives. The nine manned Apollo missions, including the six that landed on the Moon, are described here by an author who has 50 years of experience in the space industry and whose work spanned the Apollo 8–13 missions. The final section of the book provides a comprehensive assessment of todays programs and current plans for sending humans to the Moon.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF file page (viewed June 7, 2019).
Series Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Why Did the United States Send Men to the Moon in the 1960s?; References; 2: The American Rocket; References; 3: Apollo 11 - Getting There; Command and Service Modules (CSM); Service Module; Command Module; How to Land on the Moon (and Return); References; 4: The Eagle's Journey; "Returning Them Safely to Earth"; References; 5: American Knowhow; Cape Canaveral - Stage Zero; Stations and Computers; Managing the Program; References; 6: After Apollo 11; References; 7: Legacy of Apollo; Political; Social; Technical/Managerial; Scientific; References

8: The Other Competitor in the RaceRunner Up in the Race to the Moon; The Final Lap: The Circumlunar Mission; The Final Lap: Robotic Sample Return; The Final Lap: Landing Cosmonauts on the Moon; Summarizing the Soviet/U. S. Differences; References; 9: Why Is It Taking So Long to Return to the Moon?; The Last Men on the Moon?; Is It Just a Question of Money?; Moore's Law; There's No One to Compete With; The Military Aren't Interested; References; 10: When Will the United States Go Back?; NASA; The Rocket; The Spacecraft; Industry's Role; SpaceX and Elon Musk

Will That Be Before NASA's Space Launch System?Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos; References; 11: China, the Communist Challenger; References; 12: Russia and the Rest; Russia; Other Countries; Europe; Japan; Canada; India; References; 13: Conclusions; References; Glossary; Index

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