Bioastronautics--Fundamental and Practical Problems: Proceedings of an AAS Symposium on Bioastronautics
New York: American Astronautical Soc. 1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 119, diagrams, footnotes, usual library markings. More
New York: American Astronautical Soc. 1964. First? Edition. First? Printing. 119, diagrams, footnotes, usual library markings. More
Washington, DC: American Astronautical Soc. 1967. First? Edition. First? Printing. 485, illus., diagrams, usual library markings. More
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xii, 247, [1] pages. Some graphics at start of chapters. List of Abbreviations. Notes. Index. The author is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University. Most observers would point to the 1969 Apollo moon landing as the single greatest accomplishment of NASA, yet prominent scientists, engineers, and public officials were questioning the purpose of the U.S. space program, even at the height of its national popularity. Defining NASA looks at the turbulent history of the space agency and the political controversies behind its funding. W. D. Kay examines the agency's activities and behavior by taking into account not only the political climate, but also the changes in how public officials conceptualize space policy. He explores what policymakers envisioned when they created the agency in 1958, why support for the Apollo program was so strong in the 1960s only to fade away in such a relatively short period of time, what caused NASA and the space program to languish throughout most of the 1970s only to reemerge in the 1980s, and, finally, what role the agency plays today. More
Washington DC: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 2010. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. 135, [1] pages. Illustrations. The New Atlantis, founded in 2003, is a quarterly journal about the social, ethical, political, and policy dimensions of modern science and technology. The journal’s name is taken from Francis Bacon’s novella New Atlantis, which its editors describe as a story "of a society living with the benefits and challenges of advanced science and technology." An editorial in the inaugural issue states that the aim of the Journal is "to help us avoid the extremes of euphoria and despair that new technologies too often arouse; and to help us judge when mobilizing our technological prowess is sensible or necessary, and when the preservation of things that count requires limiting the kinds of technological power that would lessen, cheapen, or ultimately destroy us." Writing for National Review, editor Adam Keiper described The New Atlantis as being written from a "particularly American and conservative way of thinking about both the blessings and the burdens of modern science and technology." More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1970. 195, illus., index, some soiling to fore-edge, DJ soiled and spotted and some edge wear. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 387, 5 pages. Illustrations (24 full color photographs and 8 photographs in the text). Index. Edge tear at pages 377/8. Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46. Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999. This was the third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and lasted for just under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission commander of STS-118, a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third spaceflight was as a crewmember on Expedition 25/26 on the ISS. He arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-01M on October 9, 2010, and served as a flight engineer until he took over command of the station on November 25, 2010, at the start of Expedition 26. Expedition 26 ended on March 16, 2011, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M. In November 2012, Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were selected for a year-long mission to the ISS. Their year in space began with the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M on March 27, 2015, and they remained on the station for Expeditions 43, 44, 45, and 46. The mission ended on March 1, 2016, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M from the station. Kelly retired from NASA on April 1, 2016. More
New York: Vintage, 2017. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. [12], 447, [5] pages. Illustrations (24 full color photographs and photographs in the text). Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Slightly cocked. Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46. Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999. This was the third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and lasted for just under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission commander of STS-118, a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third spaceflight was as a crewmember on Expedition 25/26 on the ISS. He arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-01M on October 9, 2010, and served as a flight engineer until he took over command of the station on November 25, 2010, at the start of Expedition 26. Expedition 26 ended on March 16, 2011, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M. In November 2012, Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were selected for a year-long mission to the ISS. Their year in space began with the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M on March 27, 2015, and they remained on the station for Expeditions 43, 44, 45, and 46. The mission ended on March 1, 2016, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M from the station. Kelly retired from NASA on April 1, 2016. More
Orlando, FL: Kennedy Space Center, 1982. Quarto, 49, wraps, profusely illus. in color, map, small stains and some creasing to covers. More
Orlando, FL: Kennedy Space Center, 1984. quarto, 49, wraps, profusely illus. in color, map, some creasing and some edge wear to covers. More
Kennedy Space Center, FL: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 8 pages counting covers. Format is 4.25 inches by 5.5 inches. Illustrations (some with color). Rare commercial ephemera connecting toys and astronauts. This has questions (with answers), outlines that can be colored in, a word search game, and store purchase coupon. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, IMAX theaters, and a range of bus tours of the spaceport. "Space Shuttle Atlantis" is home to the real Space Shuttle Atlantis orbiter and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated ride into space. Until recently, the center now provides astronaut training experiences, including a multi-axial chair and Mars Base simulator. The visitor complex also has daily presentations from a veteran NASA astronaut. A bus tour, included with admission, encompasses the separate Apollo/Saturn V Center. There were 1.7 million visitors to the visitor complex in 2016. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1963. Quarto, 206, wraps, tables, pencil notes on title page & on card in front of title pg, part of front card cut off, pencil name on front cover. More
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1980. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vi, [2], 422 pages. Illustrations. Includes Foreword by Nick Komons, Agency Historian. Also includes Author's Preface by Richard J. Kent, Jr. Includes Prologue, Epilogue, Bibliographical Comment and Notes, and Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. More
San Diego, CA: American Astronautical Soc. 1980. First? Edition. First? Printing. 207, illus., references, index. More
Fort Worth, TX: General Dynamics, 1962. Quarto, 123, wraps, illus., figures, tables, appendix, references, some creases, soiling, & staining to covers, pencil notes front cover. More
New York: Mallard Press, 1989. 1st US Mallard Edition. 216, illus. (some color), glossary, index. More
New York City: Gallery Books, 1988. Revised Edition [stated] Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. Illustrations (most in color). Index. Format is approximately 11 .75 inches by 11 inches. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Robin Kerrod, a Fellow of Britain's Royal Astronomical Society, writes extensively on astronomy and space, and travels the world to visit observatories and space centers. Among his previous books are Book of Constellations and The Sky at Night. He is a former winner of a COPUS (Committee on the Public Understanding of Science) Science Book Prize, he was a major contributor to the DK Science Encyclopedia. More
New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1993. First Printing. 104, illus., index, title page partly detached, large ink "8" ins fr bd, library stamps inside rear flyleaf crossed out in marker DJ in plastic sleeve, library stickers on DJ and plastic sleeve (some crossed out in marker), library stamp on fore-edge. Book for young readers. More
New York, NY: Basic Books, 2003. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xiii, [1], 274 p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Time Line, Index. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1976. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [3], 280, [8] pages. Foreword by Ralph Nader. Introduction by Nicholas Johnson. Notes. Index. This is a Wiley-Interscience Publication. Michael Kinsley (born March 9, 1951) is an American political journalist and commentator. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on Crossfire. Kinsley has been a notable participant in the mainstream media's development of online content. While still a third-year law student, Kinsley began working at The New Republic. He was allowed to finish his Harvard juris doctor degree through courses at the evening program at The George Washington University Law School. Kinsley's first exposure to a national television audience was as moderator of William Buckley's Firing Line. In 1979, he became editor of The New Republic and wrote the magazine's TRB column for most of the 1980s and 1990s. More
New York: Wiley, c1976. First Printing. 24 cm, 280, some soiling to DJ, some wear to DJ edges. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970. Presumed first thus. Report with transmittal material. Typed Memorandum, dated Apr 17 1970, signed on 8 inch by 10 inch NASA stationary, paperclipped to a Bellcomm, Inc. Report on the "Impact of J Mission Payload Requirements on L/V Structures and Control Dynamics - Case 320" dated 31 March 1970 from R. E. Hunter. This includes a one page abstract, 6 pages of narrative, one page of References, 8 Tables, and a one page Distribution list. This material is held together with a paperclip and there is a 5 inch by 9 inch Routing Slip also bearing J. I. Kistle's signature and other information. Bellcomm, Inc. was a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) established in 1963 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Bellcomm was originally organized to provide NASA's Office of Manned Space Flight with technical and management advice for the Manned Space Flight Program. As the NASA-Bellcomm relationship evolved, the latter became directly responsible for systems engineering and analysis and assisted in the overall spacecraft integration for the Apollo program. Bellcomm's Technical Library provided company personnel with immediate access to technical reports and studies dealing with a wide variety of topics affecting the American space program. When the Apollo Program ended in 1972 the company also ceased operation and the library was transferred to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Mr, Kistle was the Acting Chief, Launch Vehicle and Propulsion Test, MAT-4. This was addressed to the Acting Director, Apollo Test. Such correspondence seldom reaches private hands. 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: GPO, 1967. 132, wraps, illus., tables, figures, charts, references, glossary, library stamps & markings (some crossed out in black marker). More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: NASA, 1967. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 132, wraps, illus., figures, tables, references, glossary, some wear, soiling, & sticker residue to covers. More