China in Space The Great Leap Forward /
The 21st century has seen the emergence, after the Soviet Union and the United States, of the third great space superpower: China. Here, in China in Space - The Great Leap Forward, Brian Harvey takes a contemporary look at the new Chinese space program. China has already launched its first space sta...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | Space Exploration
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5043-6 |
Table of Contents:
- The First Chinese Space Station
- Medieval Rockets to First Satellites
- The Program
- Expanding the Space Program
- Recoverable Satellites
- Applying the Space Program
- The Big Leaf Forward: Manned Spaceflight
- To the Moon and Mars
- Chinese Ambitions in Space.