The Cambridge encyclopedia of space : missions, applications and exploration
Verger, Fernand2003
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Since Sputnik in 1957, over 8000 satellites and spacecraft have been launched, costing hundreds of billions of dollars. This encyclopedia gives a global perspective of our occupation and use of space, whether scientific, industrial, commercial, technicalor military.
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The Cambridge encyclopedia of space : missions, applications and exploration / Fernand Verger, Isabelle Sourbes-Verger, Raymond Ghirardi ; with contributions by Xavier Pasco ; foreword by John M. Logsdon ; translated by Stephen Lyle and Paul Reilly.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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ix, 418 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
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Includes index.Bibliography: p. 383-384.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
05217730089780521773003
Dewey class:
629.4'03629629.403
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R629.4629.4
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EnglishFrench
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447105
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