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130 0 _aEspace.
_lEnglish.
245 1 4 _aThe Cambridge encyclopedia of space /
_cedited by Michael Rycroft.
250 _aEnglish language edition
264 _aCambridge [England] ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1990.
300 _a386 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c37 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
500 _aRev. ed of: Espace : le grand atlas de l'espace.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 370-373) and index.
505 0 _aRockets through the ages; the pioneers; a prelude to space flight; the first golden age; propulsion; launchers; space centres; the satellite-ground system; the dangers of space debris; space agencies; space images; exploring the solar system; science in space; satellite applications; man in space; the economic game; the military game; international law and space.
520 _aCreated for a general readership, this is an illustrated, single-volume account of man's conquest of space, with a comprehensive history of space exploration and covering all aspects of space technology and space science
650 0 _aAstronautics
_vEncyclopedias.
650 0 _aRocketry
_vEncyclopedias.
651 0 _aOuter space
_xExploration
_vEncyclopedias.
700 1 _aRycroft, Michael J.
_eauthor
906 _a7
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