At Home in Space: The Late Seventies Into the Eighties

by Ben Evans

Book Overview

This volume, like the others, not only focuses upon the individual missions within the decade but also upon key challenges facing human space exploration at specific points within those years - from the problems of simply breathing and eating in space to the challenges of venturing outside in a pressurized spacesuit, the development of newer and better space toilets, and the difficulties of locomotion on the Moon. The Eighties was a time when traveling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441988092
• ISBN13: 9781441988096
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 481 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.3"