William E Burrows
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet. The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in February 2013 is just the latest reminder that planet Earth is vulnerable to damaging and potentially catastrophic collisions with space debris of various kinds. In this informative and forward-looking book, veteran aerospace writer William E. Burrows explains what we can do in...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the technical and scientific accomplishments of the U.S. Space program.
Chronicles NASA's odyssey of planetary discovery, from the Viking mission to Mars to the Voyager probe, which travelled three billion miles, photographed all the outer planets but Pluto, and was never more than a minute behind schedule.