Harvey Brian
Harvey Brian - China In Space The Great Leap Forward - Paperback
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Description: In 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon something never achieved by any country before. China had already become the world's leading spacefaring nation by rockets launched sending more into orbit than any other. China is now a great space superpower alongside the United States and Russia sending men and women into orbit building a space laboratory (Tiangong) and sending probes to the Moon and asteroids. Roadmap 2050 promises that China will set up bases on the Moon and Mars and lead the world in science and technology by mid - century. China's space programme is one of the least well - known but this book will bring the reader up to date with its mysteries achievements and exciting plans. China has built a fleet of new powerful Long March rockets four launch bases tracking stations at home and abroad with gleaming new design and production facilities. China is poised to build a large permanent space station bring back lunar rocks assemble constellations of communications satellites and send spaceships to Mars the moons of Jupiter and beyond. A self - sustaining lunar base Yuegong has already been simulated. In space China is the country to watch.
Title: China In Space The Great Leap Forward
Author(s): Harvey Brian
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland Ag
Barcode: 9783030195878
Pages: 552 Pages, 225 Illustrations, Color; 6 Illustrations, Black And White; Xii, 552 P. 231 Illus., 225 I
Publication Date: 10/18/2019
Series: Space Exploration
Category: Astronautics
Description: In 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon something never achieved by any country before. China had already become the world's leading spacefaring nation by rockets launched sending more into orbit than any other. China is now a great space superpower alongside the United States and Russia sending men and women into orbit building a space laboratory (Tiangong) and sending probes to the Moon and asteroids. Roadmap 2050 promises that China will set up bases on the Moon and Mars and lead the world in science and technology by mid - century. China's space programme is one of the least well - known but this book will bring the reader up to date with its mysteries achievements and exciting plans. China has built a fleet of new powerful Long March rockets four launch bases tracking stations at home and abroad with gleaming new design and production facilities. China is poised to build a large permanent space station bring back lunar rocks assemble constellations of communications satellites and send spaceships to Mars the moons of Jupiter and beyond. A self - sustaining lunar base Yuegong has already been simulated. In space China is the country to watch.
Title: China In Space The Great Leap Forward
Author(s): Harvey Brian
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland Ag
Barcode: 9783030195878
Pages: 552 Pages, 225 Illustrations, Color; 6 Illustrations, Black And White; Xii, 552 P. 231 Illus., 225 I
Publication Date: 10/18/2019
Series: Space Exploration
Category: Astronautics
