{"product_id":"countdown-a-history-of-space-flight","title":"Countdown: A History of Space Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003eT. A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is.\"-The Times (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union . . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists.\"-Scientific American.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Countdown is by far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories.-Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Science writer Heppenheimer's readable account provides a timely historical overview of the early visionaries, the engineers, and the geopolitical forces that placed men on the moon and created today's aerospace industry. . . . A thoughtful analysis that is highly recommended.-Library Journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen. . . . [Heppenheimer] concentrates unerringly on key elements, both technical and managerial, in this account of man's initial space ventures.\"-Lee Atwood, Former president and chairman, North American Aviation Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Like a skilled artisan, Heppenheimer weaves social, political, scientific, technological, military, and economic threads of the history of space flight into a tapestry that reveals fascinating patterns and themes.\"-Publishers Weekly, ISBN13:9780471144397 ISBN10:0471144398 Material Type:hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46344953168035,"sku":"A-STR_UBD_H00011R7","price":10.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/417JSmB52nL.jpg?v=1759997361","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/countdown-a-history-of-space-flight","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}