Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East, and South America

by Brian Harvey, Henk H.F. Smid, Theo Pirard

This work introduces the important emerging space powers of the world.

Brian Harvey describes the origins of the Japanese space program, from rocket designs based on WW II German U-boats to tiny solid fuel 'pencil' rockets, which led to the launch of the first Japanese satellite in 1970. The next two chapters relate how Japan expanded its space program, developing small satellites into astronomical observatories and sending missions to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441908730
• ISBN13: 9781441908735
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
• Length: 732 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.6"