Space Exploration

by John Keith Davies

An introduction to 35 years of space travel: technical innovations, new discoveries, secret programmes, telescopes, satellites, rockets, spacecraft. Space life food, medicine, clothing; space travelers Neil Armstrong, Alan Shepard, Valentina. Tereshkova; space vehicles Apollo, Endeavour, Mir, Vostok

Genres: Nonfiction, Science

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

John Keith Davies (b. 1955) is staff astronomer at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) in Edinburgh. Before that, he was a support astronomer for the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii. He is helping to organize a European Network called OPTICON and also does research on comets and asteroids. Over the years, he has also been involved in building and operating astronomical satellites, flight testing fighter aeroplanes and doing chemistry.

Reviews

[Christøpher Es · Rating 4 out of 5]

When my mom was ON A BUDGET.

She had a high profile client give her like a $100 gift card to the book store.
She decided we split it three ways.

So I got this for 9.95, and a couple more things. Idk, I think I hit 40, and mom said something. But she didn't care.

She just wanted to make us happy.

And I was!

:-)