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Lunar outfitters : making the Apollo space suit / Bill Ayrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ayrey, Bill, author.
- Series:
- Florida scholarship online.
- Florida scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space suits--Design and construction--History.
- Space suits.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2021.
- Summary:
- 'Lunar Outfitters' chronicles the history of the Apollo space suit and how it was developed and produced. It focuses on the employees of ILC Industries, the maker of these lunar suits, and highlights the first engineer who saw the need for such a suit and those who came along later to advance the suit and make it the best space suit in the industry. Details and stories in the text describe many hurdles, such as the challenges this relatively small company faced in convincing NASA they were capable of fulfilling the contract. Later chapters provide technical details of the various Apollo model suits and how they were assembled, including the materials used.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2021).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-6564-X
- 0-8130-5884-8
- 0-8130-6657-3
- OCLC:
- 1195463091
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