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BL
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1028280
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b782650
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| Main Entry
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Evans, Kim Masters.
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| Title & Author
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Space exploration : : triumphs and tragedies /\ Kim Masters Evans.
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| Edition Statement
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2008 ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Detroit :: Gale Cengage Learning,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Information Plus reference series
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The information series on current topics / Information Plus
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (viii, 182 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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| ISBN
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1414438230
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: 9781414438238
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1414407785
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9781414407784
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172).
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| Contents
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Introduction to space exploration -- Space organizations. Part 1, NASA -- Space organizations. Part 2, U.S. Military, foreign, and private -- The space shuttle program -- The international space station -- Robotic missions in sun-Earth space -- Mars -- The far planets and beyond -- Public opinion about space exploration -- Important names and addresses.
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| Abstract
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Examines numerous aspects of space exploration. Presents the facts on space exploration's successes and failures, and the questions that surround them.
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Exploration of outer space.
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Outer space, Exploration, Statistics.
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Outer space, Exploration.
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Outer space.
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QB500.262.E83 2009eb
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Gale (Firm)
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Information Plus (Firm : Wylie, Tex.)
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| Spine Title
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Space exploration 2008
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