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The Ultimate Engineer
- The Remarkable Life of NASA's Visionary Leader George M. Low
Engelsk Paperback
The Ultimate Engineer
- The Remarkable Life of NASA's Visionary Leader George M. Low
Engelsk Paperback

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This well-researched book is as much a history of NASA as a biography of George Low, and as such is an important contribution to the history of the agency. Jurek's detailed book will appeal to both fans and scholars of NASA and of the engineers like Low who make the agency's spaceflights work.-Sara R. Tompson, Library JournalFrom the late 1950s to 1976, the U.S. human spaceflight program advanced as it did largely due to the extraordinary efforts of Austrian immigrant George M. Low. Described as the “ultimate engineer” during his career at NASA, Low was a visionary architect and leader from the agency’s inception in 1958 to his retirement in 1976. As chief of manned spaceflight at NASA, Low was instrumental in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. At the end of his NASA career, Low was one of the leading figures in the development of the Space Shuttle in the early 1970s, and he was instrumental in NASA’s transition into a post-Apollo world. Chronicling Low’s escape from Nazi-occupied Austria to his helping land a man on the moon, The Ultimate Engineer sheds new light on one of the most fascinating and complex personalities of the golden age of U.S. human space travel.  
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781496229410
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
149622941X
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 2021
Længde:
28mm
Bredde:
230mm
Højde:
151mm
Forlag:
University of Nebraska Press
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 2021
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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