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The final mission : preserving NASA's Apollo sites
Deep within the rugged mountains above Simi Valley and standing tall against the desert landscape of southern New Mexico lie the once-majestic rocket test stands and research facilities that helped send men to the moon for the first time in 1969. Now silent for decades, many of these abandoned struc...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville
: University Press of Florida
, September 2017
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813062464.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Lisa Westwood, Beth Laura O'Leary, and Milford Wayne Donaldson |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Florida Scholarship Online / Archaeology Collection |
| Summary: | Deep within the rugged mountains above Simi Valley and standing tall against the desert landscape of southern New Mexico lie the once-majestic rocket test stands and research facilities that helped send men to the moon for the first time in 1969. Now silent for decades, many of these abandoned structures - and countless space research, astronaut training, and manufacturing facilities that dot the American landscape - lie crumbling in ruins, failing to achieve recognition for their role in the historic Apollo missions. These sites helped refine the Saturn V rocket engines that carried Apollo 11 to the moon, developed the equipment that allowed humans to survive in an oxygen-free environment, and tested the re-entry shields on the command module. This work examines this topic. Introduction: Human culture and space heritage -- Cultural context of Apollo culture -- Early propulsion development sites and the risks of space flight -- Rocket testing sites -- Facilities to protect human life and safety -- Astronaut training sites -- Legal frameworks for historic preservation -- Preservation of space heritage using models from the sea and antarctica -- Threats to space heritage sites -- Preservation works: success stories in space history -- Looking ahead |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2017.. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 9780813053004 |
