Spacesuit : a history through fact and fiction / by Brett Gooden
- Bib ID:
- 6485406
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gooden, Brett (Brett A.), 1943-, author
- Description:
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- Pulborough, West Sussex : Tattered Flag Press, 2012
- ©2012
- 128 pages : illustrations, portraits and facsimiles (some in colour) ; 26 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780954311544 (hardback)
- 095431154X (hardback)
- Summary:
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"The spacesuit is an icon of space flight. It is the very symbol of interplanetary exploration -- of pioneering adventure, of excitement and danger, and of man's quest to learn more of other worlds. This captivating book follows the remarkable history of the spacesuit through its many and often astonishing developments. With an absorbing blend of drama and detail, Brett Gooden explains how a seemingly impossible dream gradually evolved, with the aid of car tyres and caterpillars, into the complex suits of today and how the quest continues for the 'Mars and Beyond' suits of tomorrow. Accompanied by rare and remarkable illustrations, you will be taken into the fascinating, extraordinary and often bizarre story of the Spacesuit -- through Fact and Fiction."--Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- Balloons and space divers
- Pulps and the soft suit
- Knights in armour and the hard suit
- Secret suits of the Second World War
- Science fiction to science factual
- On the threshold of space
- Early spacesuits
- Moon suits : concepts of the fifties
- On the moon at last
- Space stations, Mars and beyond.
- Notes:
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- Colour illustrations on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-126) and index.
- Awards:
- Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award : Young Adult Category, 2012
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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