书目名称 | How Apollo Flew to the Moon | 编辑 | W. David Woods | 视频video | | 概述 | Uniquely provides in book form the complete story of the technology and techniques used to fly to the Moon and explore its surface.Explains the flight controller and Apollo spacecraft crew roles in ma | 丛书名称 | Springer Praxis Books | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Stung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union - in particular, Gagarin being the first man in space, the United States gathered the best of its engineers and set itself the goal of reaching the Moon within a decade. In an expanding 2nd edition of How Apollo Flew to the Moon, David Woods tells the exciting story of how the resulting Apollo flights were conducted by following a virtual flight to the Moon and its exploration of the surface. From launch to splashdown, he hitches a ride in the incredible spaceships that took men to another world, exploring each step of the journey and detailing the enormous range of disciplines, techniques, and procedures the Apollo crews had to master. While describing the tremendous technological accomplishment involved, he adds the human dimension by calling on the testimony of the people who were there at the time. He provides a wealth of fascinating and accessible material: the role of the powerful Saturn V, the reasoning behind trajectories, the day-to-day concerns of human and spacecraft health between two worlds, the exploration of the lunar surface and the sheer daring involved in traveling to the Moon and the mid-twentieth centur | 出版日期 | Book 2011Latest edition | 关键词 | Apollo exploration; Apollo flights; Earth orbit; History of Apollo; Lunar orbit; Space engineering; Space | 版次 | 2 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7179-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4419-7178-4 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4419-7179-1 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 |
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