David / Burgess NASA's Scientist-Astronauts

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-49387-9
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 543 Seiten

Reihe: Springer Praxis Books

This book provides unique access to the story of how scientists were accepted into the American Space Programme, and reveals how, after four difficult decades, the role of the heroic test pilot astronaut has been replaced by men and women who are science orientated space explorers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

David, Shayler

Burgess, Colin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;Foreword;14
3;Author's Preface;16
4;Acknowledgements;21
5;List of Illustrations;24
6;List of Tables;30
7;List of Abbreviations;31
8;Other works;37
9;Prologue;39
10;The Wrong Stuff;42
11;Scientists as Astronauts;65
12;The Scientific Six;90
13;School for Scientists;131
14;The Excess Eleven;155
15;"Flying Is Just Not My Cup of Tea";209
16;A Geologist on the Moon;236
17;Laboratories in the Sky;279
18;Shuttling into Space;319
19;The Long Wait;368
20;Ending of Eras;466
21;Science Officers on ISS;512
22;Appendix 1;532
23;Appendix 2;540
24;Appendix 3;542
25;Appendix 4;545
26;Appendix 5;553
27;Bibliography;560
28;Index;565