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To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers - Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Chris Gainor
To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers - Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight
Chris Gainor
Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space.
264 pages, 29 photographs, 1 illustration
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 1, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780803245211 |
| Publishers | University of Nebraska Press |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 145 × 224 × 17 mm · 378 g |