Publisher:
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. First Edition.
Seller ID: vas646
Signed by the Author. Quarto, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. black wrappers), 224 pp. Near Fine. From lower cover: Drawing on the expertise and experience of astronauts, historians, and science fiction writers, Blueprint for Space explores how mankind's age-old yearning for the skies became fact. Moving from pictographs to science fiction, from early rockets and submarines to the Apollo landings, Blueprint for Space details how imaginary plans actually became blueprints for working spacecraft and looks forward to the exploration of new frontiers... View More...