Description
A comprehensive history of space exploration chronicles the development of space technology, including rockets, vehicles, and equipment; the role of the "space race"; tragedies; key accomplishments; and past and future missions.
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This is a dense presentation, packing in a ton of information in text and graphics in a manner designed to entice casual browsers yet engage those with more serious reading or research purposes. Each spread is an amalgam carefully composed of photos and captions; boxes featuring chronologies, aspects of technology, or biographical portraits; and narrative text (with bold fonts for headings) interspersed with evocative quotes from astronauts and others. Coverage begins with the earliest rockets and space visionaries and concludes with the rise of commercial spaceflight. Science writer Sparrow's text gets an initial boost from astronaut Buzz Aldrin's foreword. The format is oversize: 10x12". Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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