Name: Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of gus Grissom, Revised and Expanded (Aeronautics and Astronautics) (en Inglés)
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Author: Leopold, George
ISBN: 9781557538291

portada Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of gus Grissom, Revised and Expanded (Aeronautics and Astronautics) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

George Leopold

Editorial

Purdue University Press

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

392

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm

Peso

0.64 kg.

ISBN13

9781557538291

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Siglo xx - c. 1900-c. 1999
Biografías de científicos y doctores
Historia de américa
Tecnología aeroespacial y aeronáutica
Astronáutica

Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of gus Grissom, Revised and Expanded (Aeronautics and Astronautics) (en Inglés)

George Leopold (Autor) · Purdue University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of gus Grissom, Revised and Expanded (Aeronautics and Astronautics) (en Inglés)"

Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs. Killed along with his crew in a launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, Grissom also lost his chance to walk on the moon and return to describe his journey. Others went in his place. The stories of the moon walkers are familiar. Less appreciated are Grissom's contributions.The international prestige of winning the Moon Race cannot be understated, and Grissom played a pivotal and enduring role in securing that legacy for the United States. Indeed, Grissom was first and foremost a Cold Warrior, a member of the first group of Mercury astronauts whose goal it was to beat the Soviet Union into space and eventually to the moon.Drawing on extensive interviews with fellow astronauts, NASA engineers, family members, and friends of Gus Grissom, George Leopold delivers a comprehensive and corrective account of Grissom's life that places his career in the context of the Cold War and the history of human spaceflight.Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom adds significantly to our understanding of that tumultuous and ultimately triumphant period in American history.