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Star Bound is a book for anyone who wants to learn about the American space program but isn't sure where to start. First and foremost, it's a history-short, sweet, and straightforward. From rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard's primitive flight tests in 1926 through the creation of NASA, from our first steps on the moon to construction of the International Space Station and planning a trip to Mars, readers will meet the people and projects that have put the United States at the forefront of space exploration. Along the way, they'll learn:
• How the United States beat the Soviets to the moon
• Why astronauts float in space (Hint: It's not for lack of gravity!)
• How fast rockets have to go to stay in orbit around Earth
• How we can "look back in time" through a space telescope
With technology evolving and humanity's understanding of the universe expanding, we are entering an exciting period of space exploration. Authored by two veteran space writers with unique insights into the topic, Star Bound offers up the story of Americans in space with a focus on the cultural and societal contexts of the country's most important missions rather than engineering and technical minutiae. Vibrant, positive, and humorous, Star Bound is packed with facts and stories for novice space fans. And sprinkled in with the history are lists of the greatest space songs, books, movies, and more-all designed to make space exploration accessible to even the casual reader.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Few Dates to Remember
NASA's Crewed Spaceflights (So Far)
1. First Principles
2. The Wizard of Worcester
3. Rocketry and Death
4. The SS Major and the Suicide Squad
The All-Time Greatest Space Exploration Playlist
5. A Starting Gun Called Sputnik
6. Shadows in the Sky
7. Project Mercury
Eleven Boffo Space Books to Launch at Your Brain
8. Gemini's Forgotten Flights
9. The Rise and Fall of the American Astronaut
The Best Space Stuff You Can Watch
10. Apollo and the First Man on the Moon
11. Skylab and the Renaissance of American Science
NASA's Eleven Coolest Astronauts
12. Probes, Rovers, and the Golden Record
13. The Butterfly and the Bullet
NASA's Eleven Greatest Missions
14. Sleeping with the Russians
15. False Starts, Missteps, and the Promise of Artemis
America's Eleven Biggest Space Losses
16. The New Space Race
17. The Commercialization of Space
Eleven Everyday Benefits of the American Space Program
18. Curse You, Gene Roddenberry!
The Eleven Most Persistent Rumors, Riddles, and Conspiracy Theories about the American Space Program
19. Looking Outward
Eleven Fearless Space Predictions
20. Why It's Worth It
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