Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science: In Space To Stay - 9781736550748

In Space To Stay, the third book in the enthralling Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science series, gives a thorough exposé of the U.S. Apollo and Space Shuttle programs (the U.S. side of the Cold War Space Race). Three brave astronauts perished in the Apollo 1 fire, and another three narrowly escaped death on Apollo 13. Nevertheless, the awesome Saturn V outperformed its N1 rival, and six Apollo flights put 12 Americans on the lunar surface between 1969-1972. In Space to Stay brings together as never before the many difficulties plaguing rocket development--the politics, federal budgeting and funding, the lack of vision and consensus, and public apathy. In 1972 the nation became distracted at a critical time with the Watergate scandal and despite NASA's pleas and a glimmer of hope with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 the public would not support a robust post-Apollo space program. The book goes on to describe the historical evolution of the world's space stations, culminating with today's International Space Station. It also chronicles NASA's launch vehicle development programs in the decades after the Apollo Moon landing, culminating with the Space Launch System which NASA hopes will begin operations in the early 2020s.

• | Author: Walter Sierra
• | Publisher: Walter Sierra LLC
• | Publication Date: Dec 31, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 376 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1736550748
• | ISBN-13: 9781736550748