The Final Mission
Preserving NASA's Apollo Sites
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: xxiv, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
This book considers the archaeology of the facilities and sites on Earth that helped facilitate the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Contents:
Introduction: Human culture and space heritage -- Cultural context of Apollo culture -- Early propulsion development sites and the risks of space flight -- Rocket testing sites -- Facilities to protect human life and safety -- Astronaut training sites -- Legal frameworks for historic preservation -- Preservation of space heritage using models from the sea and antarctica -- Threats to space heritage sites -- Preservation works: success stories in space history -- Looking ahead.
Subjects:
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- United States -- History.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- United States -- History.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9780813062464 (cloth)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRANSPORT Air/Space Wes | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.