We Came in Peace for All Mankind

We Came in Peace for All Mankind
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Publisher : Leathers Pub
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 1585974412
ISBN-13 : 9781585974412
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis We Came in Peace for All Mankind by : Tahir Rahman

Recounts the history of the silicon disc which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, and displays the messages from the United States and seventy-three other countries etched on the disc.

Dear Neil Armstrong

Dear Neil Armstrong
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Publisher : Purdue University Press
Total Pages : 467
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ISBN-10 : 9781612496030
ISBN-13 : 1612496032
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Dear Neil Armstrong by : James R. Hansen

In the years between the historic first moon landing by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, and his death at age 82 on August 25, 2012, Neil Armstrong received hundreds of thousands of cards and letters from all over the world, congratulating him, praising him, requesting pictures and autographs, and asking him what must have seemed to him to be limitless—and occasionally intrusive—questions. Of course, all the famous astronauts received fan mail, but the sheer volume Armstrong had to deal with for more than four decades after his moon landing was staggering. Today, the preponderance of those letters—some 75,000 of them—are preserved in the archives at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man on the Moon publishes a careful sampling of these letters—roughly 400—reflecting the various kinds of correspondence that Armstrong received along with representative samples of his replies. Selected and edited by James R. Hansen, Armstrong’s authorized biographer and author of the New York Times best seller First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, this collection sheds light on Armstrong’s enduring impact and offers an intimate glimpse into the cultural meanings of human spaceflight. Readers will explore what the thousands of letters to Neil Armstrong meant not only to those who wrote them, but as a snapshot of one of humankind’s greatest achievements in the twentieth century. They will see how societies and cultures projected their own meanings onto one of the world’s great heroes and iconic figures.

We Were Promised Starships

We Were Promised Starships
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Publisher : Jason Reed Rights Management LLC
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9781659807905
ISBN-13 : 1659807905
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis We Were Promised Starships by : Jason D. Reed

Mankind has scattered throughout the stars, forming thousands of civilizations at various stages of development. Fleet Command is attempting to reunite humanity through the ARCNet, an interstellar network that provides near-instantaneous communication over any distance. But as the Intrepid and her crew fly farther from Alliance-controlled space, a new threat appears. The Phalanx of Doom, an ancient foe long-relegated to the realm of comic book villainy, has been reborn. It possesses a new weapon that can alter minds, and Alliance citizens are turning on one another in violent acts of terror as Fleet Command scrambles to find the cause. We Were Promised Starships is a darkly-comedic sci-fi adventure that spans star systems and cyberspace. Join the crew of the Intrepid as they are swept into an interstellar conflict in Jason D. Reed’s debut novel

Quantum and Woody by Priest and Bright Vol. 2: Switch TPB

Quantum and Woody by Priest and Bright Vol. 2: Switch TPB
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Publisher : Valiant Entertainment
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9781682150870
ISBN-13 : 1682150879
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Quantum and Woody by Priest and Bright Vol. 2: Switch TPB by : Christopher Priest

From legendary creators Christopher Priest (Black Panther, Deadpool) and MD Bright (Green Lantern, Iron Man) comes the next genre-colliding trade paperback collection of the complete adventures of the original world?s worst superhero team! Once estranged friends, now reluctant crime fighting partners, Eric Henderson and Woody Van Chelton are making the best of things. Forced to ?klang? their control bands together every 24 hours by the disastrous lab accident that gave them their powers or have their bodies? dissipate forever, the two have teamed up and shacked up with the people they get along with least ? each other! But when bomb-wielding terrorists leave Woody at death?s door and the experimental super-science procedure to save his life leaves Woody and Quantum trapped in each other?s bodies, they?ll have to put their differences aside and learn how to walk a mile in each other?s shoes?literally. Collecting QUANTUM AND WOODY (1997) #8?13 and THE GOAT: H.A.E.D.U.S. #1, along with rarely seen materials from QUANTUM AND WOODY: HOLY S-WORD WE?RE CANCELLED TPB.

The Women of Apollo

The Women of Apollo
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Publisher : Cascade Pass, Incorporated
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1880599805
ISBN-13 : 9781880599808
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis The Women of Apollo by : Robyn C. Friend

Profiles four women engineers who worked on Project Apollo.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 902
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044121176713
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States by : United States. President

"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.

After Apollo?

After Apollo?
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 616
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ISBN-10 : 9781137438546
ISBN-13 : 1137438541
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis After Apollo? by : John M. Logsdon

Once the United States landed on the moon in July 1969, it was up to President Nixon to decide what to do in space after Apollo. This book chronicles the decisions he made, including ending space exploration and approving the space shuttle. Those decisions determined the character of the US human space flight program for the next forty years.

Quantum and Woody #13

Quantum and Woody #13
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Publisher : Valiant Entertainment
Total Pages : 22
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:VAL0000000001319
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Quantum and Woody #13 by : Christopher Priest

Quantum hires his old flame Amy as a receptionist. And, yes, our heroes finally get their own bodies back.

One Giant Leap

One Giant Leap
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781493038442
ISBN-13 : 1493038443
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis One Giant Leap by : Charles Pappas

On July 20, 1969, Americans had their eyes and ears glued to their TVs and radios. NASA’s successful moon landing left the nation in awe. This moment inspired inventors and engineers across the nation. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing, we share with you 20 patents that were inspired by the space race and how they reshaped the world. Featuring the original patent schematics from the US Patent and Trademark Office, blast off with the inventions inspired by the moon landing including: Memory foam Freeze-dried food Firefighting equipment Emergency "space blankets" DustBusters Cordless tools Protective paint (Used on both the Statue of Liberty, a gigantic Buddha in Hong Kong and the Golden Gate) Cochlear implants LZR Racer swimsuits CMOS image sensors Moon dust as fuel for space travel Carbon nanotubes Pocket calculators Other patents in the book reflect the general surge in space-related inventions in that era: Dispersed space based laser weapon Toy ray guns Flying saucers Propulsion systems Lasers The modem Integrated circuit Astro Lamp (Later called the Lava Lamp)