China in Space The Great Leap Forward /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Harvey, Brian (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

The 21st century has seen the emergence, after the Soviet Union and the United States, of the third great space superpower: China. Here, in China in Space - The Great Leap Forward, Brian Harvey takes a contemporary look at the new Chinese space program. China has already launched its first space sta...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The First Chinese Space Station
• Medieval Rockets to First Satellites
• The Program
• Expanding the Space Program
• Recoverable Satellites
• Applying the Space Program
• The Big Leaf Forward: Manned Spaceflight
• To the Moon and Mars
• Chinese Ambitions in Space.