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" Homesteading space : "
David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin ; foreword by Homer Hickam.
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BL
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688059
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b510248
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| Main Entry
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Hitt, David.
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| Title & Author
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Homesteading space : : the Skylab story /\ David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin ; foreword by Homer Hickam.
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Lincoln, Nebr. :: University of Nebraska Press,, c2008.
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| Series Statement
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Outward odyssey
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xxvi, 520 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0803224346 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780803224346 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-520).
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| Contents
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From the ground up -- The homesteaders -- Getting ready to fly -- Fifty-six days in a can -- A tour of Skylab -- Ten days in May -- "We fix anything" -- "Marooned" -- High performance -- Sprinting a marathon -- Science on Skylab -- What goes up -- The legacy of Skylab -- Appendix : Alan Bean's In-flight diary.
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Skylab Program.
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Manned space flight-- History-- 20th century.
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Outer space, Exploration, United States, History, 20th century.
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| Dewey Classification
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629.45/4
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TL789.8.U6S5557 2008
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Garriott, Owen K.,1930-
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Kerwin, Joe,1932-
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Skylab story
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