The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of Nasa's Visionary Leader George M. Low - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Richard Jurek, Gerald D. Griffin (Foreword by)Series:Outward Odyssey: A People's History of SpaceflightPublish date:2021-11-01Pages:330
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496229410ISBN-10:149622941XUPC:9781496229410Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, United States, Science & TechnologyBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.90 x 8.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCW0WCA9YG
The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of Nasa's Visionary Leader George M. Low
From the late 1950s to 1976, the U.S. human spaceflight program advanced as it did largely due to the extraordinary efforts of Austrian immigrant George M. Low. Described as the "ultimate engineer" during his career at NASA, Low was a visionary architect and leader from the agency's inception in 1958 to his retirement in 1976. As chief of manned spaceflight at NASA, Low was instrumental in the...
Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496229410ISBN-10:149622941XUPC:9781496229410Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, United States, Science & TechnologyBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.90 x 8.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCW0WCA9YG
Richard Jurek is a contributor to the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine and website and is the coauthor of Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program with David Meerman Scott. Gerald D. Griffin is a former director of the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston and also served as the deputy director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center and the Hugh F. Dryden Flight...
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
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