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The final mission : preserving NASA's Apollo sites / Lisa Westwood, Beth Laura O'Leary, and Milford Wayne Donaldson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westwood, Lisa, author.
- O'Leary, Beth Laura, author.
- Donaldson, Milford Wayne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Project Apollo (U.S.).
- Project Mercury (U.S.).
- Project Gemini (U.S.).
- Launch complexes (Astronautics)--United States--History.
- Launch complexes (Astronautics).
- Astronautics--United States--History.
- Astronautics.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 227 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book considers the archaeology of the facilities and sites on Earth that helped facilitate the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Human culture and space heritage
- Cultural context of Apollo culture
- Early propulsion development sites and the risks of space flight
- Rocket testing sites
- Facilities to protect human life and safety
- Astronaut training sites
- Legal frameworks for historic preservation
- Preservation of space heritage using models from the sea and antarctica
- Threats to space heritage sites
- Preservation works: success stories in space history
- Looking ahead.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813062464
- 0813062462
- OCLC:
- 945719285
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