Taking Science to the Moon: Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program (New Series in NASA History)

How did science get aboard the Apollo rockets, and what did scientists do with the space allotted to them? Taking Science to the Moon describes, from the perspective of NASA headquarters, the struggles that took place to include science payloads and lunar exploration as part of the Apollo program. Donald A. Beattie―who served at NASA from 1963 to 1973 in several management positions and finally as program manager, Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments―here supplies a detailed, insider's view of the events leading up to the acceptance of science activities on all the Apollo missions.

History

Beattie, Donald A.

Americas

Johns Hopkins University Press

Taking Science to the Moon: Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program

Drawing upon original sources and published material, A Distant War Comes Home is a fascinating survey of the many individual stories that linked Maine with the war hundreds of miles away.

A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War Era

Down East

Covering the International Space Station’s (ISS) inception through the launching of the first two components nearly two decades later, this insider’s account details its demise from a once-promising global initiative to a project rife with controversy, dogged by delays, and filled with budget battles. Explaining how the program struggled to survive in an environment with political and bureaucratic authorities that continually changed its goals, this study analyzes NASA’s past transgressions while eyeing the administration’s future. Annual summaries detailing the station’s most recent developments are also included in this unique, firsthand report.

ISScapades: The Crippling of America's Space Program: Apogee Books Space Series #59

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.

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