No Downlink: A Dramatic Narrative about the Challenger Accident and Our Time
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. First Edition. 397, illus., notes, bibliography, small tear to rear DJ, some soiling to rear DJ. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. First Edition. 397, illus., notes, bibliography, small tear to rear DJ, some soiling to rear DJ. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. First Edition. 397, illus., notes, bibliography, library stamps crossed out in marker, DJ in plastic sleeve, library stickers on plastic sleeve. More
Washington, DC: American Astronautical Soc. 1967. First Paperbk? Edition. First? Printing. 370, wraps, illus. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [8], 392 pages. Illustrations. References Notes. Index. The author has written that "I began my career as a journalist in California, where I won awards for feature, commentary and investigative writing. I have written journalism and essays consistently since then and have also published two books, Lost in Space and The Emissary. In the past few years, I’ve taken my journalism and essayist work in a new direction through organizational ‘impact’ writing: positioning ideas, projects, research and people in the public eye through writing. To date, I’ve done impact writing for the London School of Economics and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and this is an area of work I’m keen to develop further. More
Washington, DC: American Astronautical Soc. 1967. First? Edition. First? Printing. 446, illus., diagrams, few library markings, pencil erasure on front endpaper, ink tick on table of contents. More
Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. 296 pages. Cover has folded flaps back and front. Illustrations (a few in color). Glossary. Bibliography. Foreword by Edgar Mitchell, Captain, USN (Ret) Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot. This is an Aerospace Technology Working Group sponsored book. Bob Krone is a global educator, author, and consultant in Advanced Management theory and practice. He is President of the Kepler Space Institute; An Emeritus Professor of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, U.S.A. (1975-1993); was a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Business at La Sierra University in Riverside, California, U.S.A.(1992-2007); and an Adjunct Professor for Doctoral Programs in the International Graduate School of Business at the University of South Australia (1995-present). He authored or co-authored seven books and 72 professional journal articles. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND [Project Air Force], 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xviii, 193, [1] pages. Footnotes. Acronyms. Appendix. Bibliography. Dr. Benjamin S. Lambeth assumed a position at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in July 2011 after a 37-year career as at the RAND Corporation. Before joining RAND, he served in the Office of National Estimates at the CIA. Prior to that, he worked for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Institute for Defense Analyses. Dr. Lambeth has flown or flown in more than 40 different types of military aircraft with the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and with eight foreign air forces. He became the first U.S. citizen to fly the Soviet MiG-29 fighter and the first Westerner invited to fly a combat aircraft inside Soviet airspace since the end of WWII. He is the author of The Transformation of American Air Power, which won the Air Force Association’s Gill Robb Wilson Award in 2001. He also wrote Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space and many other works. More
Moffett Field, CA: Ames Research Center, c. 2001? 17, wraps, illus. (some in color), mailing label and mail stamp on rear cover. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. Quarto, 147, wraps, illus., tables, appendices, covers somewhat soiled, small red stain on front cover. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1984. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. [2], viii, [2], 223, [5] pages. Illustrations (photographs and drawings). Space Shuttle Flight Summary. Notes. Index. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ is pasted to the boards. Richard S. Lewis had a long career as a journalist. He was Science Writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. He was also Managing Editor and Editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He has authored a number of books on space and exploration. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1970. 534, wraps, illus., index, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some fading and discoloration to covers. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1972. presumed First Edition, First printing thus. ix, [1], 510, [4] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Chronology of major NASA launches. Chronology of manned space flight, 1970. Index. Small creases to front cover, rear cover torn, some pages creased, edge soiling, small edge tears. This volume includes information on the Apollo 13 accident and successful return to Earth. NASA SP-4015. Sponsored by the NASA Historical Office. Astronautics (or cosmonautics) is the theory and practice of navigation beyond Earth's atmosphere. The term astronautics was coined in the 1920s by J.-H. Rosny, president of the Goncourt academy, in analogy with aeronautics. Because there is a degree of technical overlap between the two fields, the term aerospace is often used to describe both at once. In 1930, Robert Esnault-Pelterie published the first book on the new research field. As with aeronautics, the restrictions of mass, temperatures, and external forces require that applications in space survive extreme conditions: high-grade vacuum, the radiation bombardment of interplanetary space and the magnetic belts of low Earth orbit. Space launch vehicles must withstand titanic forces, while satellites can experience huge variations in temperature in very brief periods. Extreme constraints on mass cause astronautical engineers to face the constant need to save mass in the design in order to maximize the actual payload that reaches orbit. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. ix, [1], 580, [6] pages. Illustrations Appendix A: Satellites, Space Probes, and Manned Space Flights, a Chronicle for 1972. Appendix B: Chronology of major NASA launches, 1972. Appendix C: Chronology of manned space flight, 1972. Appendix D: Abbreviations of References. Index and List of abbreviations and Acronyms. Foreword by Associate Deputy Administrator Willis H. Shapley. Foxing on top edge, some wear and discoloration to boards. NASA SP-4017. Sponsored by NASA Historical Office. NASA’s twelfth annual chronology of events in astronautics and aeronautics reflects a U.S. space program redefined to be less costly and perhaps less spectacular in the 1970s than in the previous decade-yet this volume records a continued and indeed matured response to the challenges of space, both in scientific exploration and in practical uses. The year 1972 closed with the triumphant end of the Apollo program. More
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. ix, [1], 580, [6] pages. Illustrations Appendix A: Satellites, Space Probes, and Manned Space Flights, a Chronicle for 1972. Appendix B: Chronology of major NASA launches, 1972. Appendix C: Chronology of manned space flight, 1972. Appendix D: Abbreviations of References. Index and List of abbreviations and Acronyms. Foreword by Associate Deputy Administrator Willis H. Shapley. Foxing on top edge, some wear and discoloration to boards. NASA SP-4017. Sponsored by NASA Historical Office. NASA’s twelfth annual chronology of events in astronautics and aeronautics reflects a U.S. space program redefined to be less costly and perhaps less spectacular in the 1970s than in the previous decade-yet this volume records a continued and indeed matured response to the challenges of space, both in scientific exploration and in practical uses. The year 1972 closed with the triumphant end of the Apollo program. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1975. 481, wraps, index, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1975. 481, tables, index, boards damp stained and warped, edges foxed, small damp stains to several pages (no pages stuck together). More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1972. presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. ix, [1], 474, [4] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Abbreviations of References. List of abbreviations and acronyms. Index. NASA SP-4016. Covers somewhat worn/soiled, some edge soiling. Marks on cover. Ex-library with usual markings. Astronautics is the theory and practice of navigation beyond Earth's atmosphere. The term astronautics was coined in the 1920s by J.-H. Rosny, president of the Goncourt academy, in analogy with aeronautics. Because there is a degree of technical overlap between the two fields, the term aerospace is often used to describe both at once. In 1930, Robert Esnault-Pelterie published the first book on the new research field. As with aeronautics, the restrictions of mass, temperatures, and external forces require that applications in space survive extreme conditions: high-grade vacuum, the radiation bombardment of interplanetary space and the magnetic belts of low Earth orbit. Space launch vehicles must withstand titanic forces, while satellites can experience huge variations in temperature in very brief periods. Extreme constraints on mass cause astronautical engineers to face the constant need to save mass in the design in order to maximize the actual payload that reaches orbit. The early history of astronautics is theoretical: the fundamental mathematics of space travel was established by Isaac Newton in his 1687 treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. By the early 1920s, American Robert Goddard was developing liquid-propellant rockets, which would in a few brief decades become a critical component in the designs of such famous rockets as the V-2 and Saturn V. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1988. First Edition. First Printing. 256, illus., figures, appendices, bibliography, index, sl soiling to fore-edge, slight wear to DJ edges, large scratch rear DJ. More
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, School of Engineering, 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xx. 438, [4] pages. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Brief Chronology. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This copy was presented, in recognition of the approaching 1991 centennial of the formal organization of the School of Engineering, to Chancellor Gene Budig on July 18, 1989 by James O. Maloney, the Editor of the history, and three notable associates, Carl Locke, Marjorie A. Franklin, and (probably) Dwight Metzler. The University of Kansas School of Engineering, founded in 1891 is the oldest Engineering School in the State of Kansas, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873. It is an ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the main campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. In the U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, 2013 issue, KU’s School of Engineering was ranked 36th among public schools in the United States of America, making it the second highest ranked engineering school in Kansas. National rankings for individual graduate programs included Aerospace Engineering at 30th and Computer Engineering at 40th. More
New York: BasicBooks, c1992. 25 cm, 314, tear at top of DJ spine. More
New York: BasicBooks, c1992. 25 cm, 314, figures, tables, notes, index, photograph of Ann Markusen laid in. More
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 448 pages. Oversized book, measuring 10-3/4 inches by 8 inches. Includes Introduction, Acknowledgments, Appendix, Glossary, and an Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Topics covered include The First World War and the Origins of Air Combat; After the Somme; Post-War Austerity; Biplanes at their Zenith; The First Generation Monoplanes; The Monoplane supreme; The Dawn of the Jet Age; Technology for the Cold War. This book, an outstandingly detailed survey of 80 years of fighter development, is almost certainly the most detailed study of the entire development of the British fighting airplane. Nearly 400 types of airplane are fully described, along with their development and operational histories. The author, a recognized authority on British military aviation has divided his subject into nine sections, from the First World War and the Origins of Air Combat, through to The Dawn of the Jet Age, and Technology for the Cold War. In addition, he records the deployment of Fighter squadrons at various periods from July 1916 to January 1991. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 351, [3] pages. Inscribed by Patrick McCray on a Noblis bookplate on the front free end paper. Inscription reads: To Robert, At the Frontier, Patrick McCray. Includes List of 17 Illustrations (that appear throughout the book), Acknowledgments, A Note on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth? The Inspiration of Limits; Building Castles in the Sky; Omnificent; Could Small Be Beautiful?; California Dreaming; Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition; and Visioneering's Value. W. Patrick McCray (born 1967) is a historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He researches, writes about, and teaches the history of science and the history of technology. In The Visioneers, McCray presented the concept of "visioneer" as historical actor. As he defined it, the term is a portmanteau that refers to individuals (often with a science or engineering background) who imagined, designed, and built exploratory technologies. The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies. This work was the winner of 2014 Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize (History of Science Society) and the 2012 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature (American Astronautical Society). More
New York: Wiley, c1987. First Printing. 24 cm, 237, illus., usual library markings A nice look at the future of spaceflight. Writing with great clarity, McDonough examines the space shuttle, the strategic defense initiative, the value of manned versus unmanned flight, space stations, a lunar base, Mars, etc. More
New York: G. Braziller, [1969]. First Printing. 22 cm, 322, illus., references, index. More