Spacefarers of the '80s and '90s: The Next Thousand People in Space

by Alcestis R. Oberg

My interest in space began in 1979, on a miserable January day in Houston. There were thunder, lightning, heavy rain, cold and fog-simultaneously-a meteorological phenomenon possible only in Houston. At the time, I was editor of the L-5 News, a job I got on the strength of my knowledge of English grammar and my willingness to work for slave wages. I had slogged to the Shamrock Hilton that day to cover a space presentation at a large science convention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023105906X
• ISBN13: 9780231059060
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"