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Topic: SPACE: Celebrating 50 Years of Human Space Flight (Key Publishing)
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onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 04-29-2011 05:16 PM
Another special commemorative magazine, published by an aviation press, Key Publishing Limited, in the UK. On the 50th anniversary of the flight that changed history, Key Publishing brings you the complete story of humankind's incredible efforts to break the bonds of Earth. Set over 132 high-quality pages, Space is a story of triumph, disaster, heroism, invention, and sheer, unbridled determination.Features include: - The Learning Years
Rocket powered research aircraft developed at the end of the Second World War pave the way for hypersonic and manned space flight. - Apollo gets Ready
Mobilising a vast industrial machine, NASA brings together giant booster rockets and complex spacecraft ready for the moon missions - Moonwalk USA
Apollo finally gets off the ground and achieves the first landing within the decade, the goal set by Kennedy eight years earlier. - Back to the Future
Dreams of going to Mars, flights to the asteroids and privatised space flight give us a glimpse of the next 50 years of humans in space.
To save mailing costs, I may ask my sister who will be going 'across the pond' next month to buy it and the Sky at Night special issue too. |
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 05-03-2011 02:02 PM
Copies of this publication were found in the Science/Astronomy magazine section at Barnes & Noble. |
GoesTo11 Member Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 05-06-2011 09:27 PM
I picked up a couple copies of this "bookazine" at B&N today, and I highly recommend it.Not mentioned on Key Publishing's page is that this publication was written and edited by none other than Dr. David Baker, with whose outstanding scholarship in the field so many of us are familiar. It's well-organized, beautifully presented, and uncommonly balanced: While the pioneering exploits of Gagarin, Leonov, the Mercury astronauts and of course Apollo are given appropriate weight, the usually-an-afterthought Skylab (as one example) is accorded nine pages of sharp coverage. The parallel-running Soviet space effort is also given as much attention as this necessarily concise format will allow. Great value at US$12.50. Don't miss this one. |
astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-15-2011 12:21 PM
I, too, have picked up a copy of this. A very nice item indeed. Thank you collectSPACE for posting about this collector's item. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-16-2011 12:34 AM
Ordered mine. It's on its way. Thanks to "onesmallstep" for bringing this publication to our attention! |
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 05-17-2011 07:19 AM
..You're welcome! |
astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-21-2011 09:05 AM
Thanks also to onesmallstep!!! Thank you. |
dbaker Member Posts: 22 From: UK Registered: Jun 2010
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posted 06-02-2011 03:47 AM
Gentlemen, thanks for your generous comments on my recent publication. Very pleased it seems to have been well received. Feedback is always a welcome but please be critical - that way we get to improve and to deliver the product people really want. It's the reader that keeps us sharp! |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-02-2011 10:13 AM
This is a neat publication! |
canyon42 Member Posts: 238 From: Ohio Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 07-26-2011 10:29 AM
Most of the way through this publication after picking it up a month or so ago. Nicely laid out with a very good selection of photos. Only quibbles would be a fairly high number of typos and other editing issues, along with several outright mistakes (two examples: both the text and a photo caption state that Conrad and Bean flew on Gemini 11; and that the number of women cited as flown astronauts does not include Judy Resnik, "who died shortly after launch aboard Challenger on January 28, 1986, and never made it all the way into orbit"--which of course she did on 41D).Overall a good publication, but a tighter proofreading job would have helped. |