Space in the Sixties
Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1963. A Penguin Original. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Mass market paperback. 218, [6] pages. Figures. Footnotes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore CBE HonFRS FRAS (4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominent status in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore was President of the British Astronomical Association, co-founder and president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, author of over seventy books on astronomy, and presenter of the world's longest-running television series with the same original presenter, BBC's The Sky at Night. He became known as a specialist in Moon observation. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Space Exploration, Rockets, Satellites, Deep-space Probes, Manned Spaceflight, Spacecraft, Space Age, Launch Vehicles, NASA, Astronauts, Interplanetary
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