This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury (The NASA History Series)

by Loyd S. Swenson Jr., James M. Grimwood, Charles C. Alexander, et al.

Book Overview

Mankind in the past few years has sailed on one of its greatest adventures, the exploration of near space. Men have cast off their physical and mental moorings to Earth, and a few have learned to live in balance with their gravisphere and above their atmosphere. Transgressing old laws of terrestrial navigation and amending newer laws of aerodynamics, man has combined the experience gained from aviation and rocket technology with the science of celestial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494740966
• ISBN13: 9781494740962
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 698 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.6" x 7.0"