Space Handbook: Astronautics and Its Applications. Staff Report
Washington, DC: GPO, 1959. First? Edition. First? Printing. Wraps. 21 cm, 252 pages. Wraps, illus., diagrams, tables, name of previous owner, some holes in front & rear pages, ink name & pencil erasure on front. 86th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 86. A classic compilation at the dawn of the Space Age and the period of the "missile gap. " This was later published in an expanded version by Random House with author credit given to RAND. This report was prepared under the technical direction of Robert W. Buchheim, with the assistance of a number of RAND staff and consultants. Condition: fair.
Keywords: Manned Spaceflight, Spacecraft, Satellites, Space Exploration, Nuclear Weapons, Space-Based Weapons, Robert Buchheim
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