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Title Moon rush: the new space race / Leonard David.
Author David, Leonard (Space journalist), author.
Publication Info. Washington, DC : National Geographic Partners, LLC, 2019.
©2019
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 Fairview Shores  629.454 DAV    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  629.454 DAV    Check Shelves
 Southwest  629.454 DAV    Check Shelves
Description 223 pages (32 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword : Let's get our global space act together / by Buzz Aldrin -- The moon: What's the attraction? -- What do we know about the moon? -- Paving the way -- Man on the moon: Apollo's lasting legacy -- Laying a new foundation -- Back to the moon -- Giving the moon the business -- New moon rising -- Afterword: Mission control / by the Honorable Harrison H. Schmitt -- Appendix: Lunar exploration time line.
Summary "It seems a foregone conclusion: We will set foot on the Moon once more. Let this provocative, timely book by veteran space journalist Leonard David be your guide as it happens. Against an inspiring backdrop of history, science, and technology, he explains the explorations, enterprises, and most pressing issues surrounding our lunar satellite today..."--from Back cover.
Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- 21st century.
Space flight to the moon -- 21st century.
Space race -- United States.
Moon -- Exploration -- 21st century.
Moon -- Exploration -- Government policy -- United States.
Outer space -- Exploration -- United States.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (OCoLC)fst00528469
Exploration of outer space. (OCoLC)fst01353078
Lunar exploration. (OCoLC)fst01353592
Space flight to the moon. (OCoLC)fst01127716
Space race. (OCoLC)fst01127802
Moon. (OCoLC)fst01240375
Outer space. (OCoLC)fst01243437
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
2000-2099
Added Author Aldrin, Buzz, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781426220050 (hardback) : $26.00
1426220057 (hardback)
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