Bibliograph

Wernher Von Braun, the man who sold the moon, Dennis Piszkiewicz

Type

Label

Wernher Von Braun, the man who sold the moon, Dennis Piszkiewicz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wernher Von Braun

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38495243

Responsibility statement

Dennis Piszkiewicz

Sub title

the man who sold the moon

Summary

This is the biography of the German man who created the V-2 rocket and came to the United States to develop missiles

Table Of Contents

The immigrant -- The authorized biography -- The cover-up -- The reborn rocketeer -- Redstone -- Selling space: the Collier's articles -- Disneyland -- The first race for space -- The Soviet chief designer and Sputnik -- Explorer I -- Celebrity -- The challenge of the Moon -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Moonship -- Blunders and disasters -- Men on the Moon -- Shuttle, space station, and the decline of NASA -- Exile in America: von Braun's last years

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Contributor