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Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA
By Teitel, Amy Shira
- ISBN
- 9781472911179 9781472911193
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
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Reviewed on January 1, 2016 | Science and Technology
In her first book, science writer Teitel (MA science and technology studies, York Univ.) explores the unheralded "prehistory" of NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration), which began long before John F. Kennedy's pledge in 1961 to land a man on the moon. NASA's achievements, from the moon landing to the New Horizons flyby of Pluto, can be traced back to 1920s Germany, where Max Valier and Hermann Oberth's first experiments with ro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
