ADVANCES IN SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Volume 3 by Ordway, F. I. III (ed) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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ADVANCES IN SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Volume 3

by Ordway, F. I. III (ed)

New York, 1961: Academic Press, 482 pages, $14.00

Eight subjects prepared by recognized experts in their respective fields are considered in detail in this third volume. Chapter titles are: "The Role of Geology in Lunar Exploration," "Mars as an Astronautical Objective," "Venus as an Astronautical Objective," "The Exploration of Mercury, the Asteroids, the Major Planets and their Satellite Systems, and Pluto," "Interplanetary Matter," "Structures of Carrier and Space Vehicles," "Advanced Nuclear and Solar Propulsion Systems," and "Human Factors: Aspects of Weightlessness."

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III