{"product_id":"to-a-distant-day-the-rocket-pioneers-paperback","title":"To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Gainor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlfred Worden\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Insightful, instructive, and definitely worth the read.\"--Greg Andres, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As someone who has been teaching a course on space exploration for many years and has visited most of NASA's space centers, I have found plenty of new and valuable material in To a Distant Day. . . . I recommend the book to all who wish to know more about the conditions, people, and discoveries between 1890 and 1960 that led to the space age.\"--Pangratios Papacosta, \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space.\u003cbr\u003eChris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos by generating the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun creating the V-2, the first large rocket, which, though opening the door to space, failed utterly as the \"wonder weapon\" it was meant to be. From there Gainor follows the space race to the Soviet Union and the United States, giving us a close look at the competitive hysteria that led to Sputnik, satellites, space probes, and--finally--human flight into space in 1961. \u003cbr\u003eAs much a story of cultural ambition and personal destiny as of scientific progress and technological history, \u003ci\u003eTo a Distant Day\u003c\/i\u003e offers a complete and thoroughly compelling account of humanity's determined efforts--sometimes poignant, sometimes amazing, sometimes mad--to leave the earth behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Gainor, a historian of technology, is the author of \u003ci\u003eArrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Space Race\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho Killed the Avro Arrow?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCanada in Space: The People and Stories behind Canada's Role in the Exploration of Space\u003c\/i\u003e. Alfred Worden was an Apollo 15 astronaut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.46 x 6.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757600964896,"sku":"9780803245211","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4947f91344aecc5b21ff274dc79c430a.webp?v=1780106275","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/to-a-distant-day-the-rocket-pioneers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}