Spacefarers of the '80s and '90s : the next thousand people in space / Alcestis R. Oberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oberg, Alcestis R., 1949-

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronautics.

Space colonies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 1985.

Summary:

My interest in space began in 1979, on a miserable January day in Houston. There were thunder, lightning, heavy rain, cold and fog-simultaneously-a meteorological phenomenon possible only in Houston. At the time, I was editor of the L-5 News, a job I got on the strength of my knowledge of English grammar and my willingness to work for slave wages. I had slogged to the Shamrock Hilton that day to cover a space presentation at a large science convention only because I could not convince someone else to do so.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 229-232.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

023105906X

OCLC:

11290791