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SIGNED by Peter Armitage Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race
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- Condition
- Signed
- Yes
- Personalized
- Yes
- Inscribed
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9781896522838
- Book Title
- Arrows to the Moon : Avro&Apos;S Engineers & the Space Race
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science
- Topic
- Physics / Astrophysics, Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Item Width
- 7in
- Item Weight
- 24.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 350 Pages
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On 20 February 1959 the Canadian government shut down the CF-105 Avro Arrow jet interceptor programme, putting the cream of Canada's aerospace engineering talent out of work. Many of the Avro engineers had just arrived in Canada from Great Britain. A brand new organisation called the Nationl Aeronautics and Space Administration was charged with putting US astronauts into space, and in 1959 it desperately needed engineering talent. Within 10 weeks of the demise of the Arrow, 25 Avro engineers were working for NASA, and another seven joined them later. Other Avro engineers found work with the aerospace contractors that built spacecraft and boosters or NASA. A little more than 10 years later, US astronauts were standing on the surface of the Moon in the climax of one of the greatest stories of technology and exploration in human history. This book tells for the first time the story of the Canadian and British engineers from Avro Canada who played key roles in putting Americans on the Moon and in building today's US space programme, including the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Also included are other Canadian contributions to Apollo and a chapter on the Canadian space programme. This is the final chapter in one of the most compelling stories in Canada's history. How the demise of Canada's national dream contributes to one of the greatest triumphs in American history.
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Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1896522831
ISBN-13
9781896522838
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2318029
Product Key Features
Book Title
Arrows to the Moon : Avro&Apos;S Engineers & the Space Race
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Number of Pages
350 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
No. 19
Lc Classification Number
Tl521.312.G35 2001
Reviews
"A fitting tribute to some of the unsung heroes of manned space exploration..." -- The Observatory Magazine, October 2002.
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2003-430899
Dewey Decimal
629.4/0973
Series
Apogee Books Space Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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