Isbn: 9780071374255 - star crossed orbits: inside the u.s.-russian space alliance (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. This volume is a detailed, investigative history of the U.S.-Russian space relationship. It describes the strengths and weaknesses that each side has brought to the partnership, the original hopes and promises, and its triumphs and dissappointments.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. This volume is a detailed, investigative history of the U.S.-Russian space relationship. It describes the strengths and weaknesses that each side has brought to the partnership, the original hopes and promises, and its triumphs and dissappointments.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. Very good copy.(see picture) Very slight edgewear on the top jacket. Four page publicity release inside.

Zustand: good, ex-lib., fair to good. First Printing. 24 cm, 355, illus., references, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve that has been pasted to boards.

Zustand: good, ex-lib., good. First Edition. First Printing. 355, illus., notes, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ pasted to boards Space veteran and bestselling author Oberg combines riveting personal memoir with top-notch investigative journalism to tell the complete story of the U.S.-Russian space alliance. Oberg, formerly a NASA contract employee, believes that Russia has cooperated with the United States on space missions, not to promote international goodwill or advance scientificresearch, but rather to secure funding for its own space program, maintain a continued presence in the international space market, and obtain access to U.S. technology.…

Zustand: Used. x 355 16 of lates Illus.

Zustand: Used. x 355 16 of lates.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Printing [Stated]. x, [2], 355, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Name Index. Subject Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. James Edward Oberg (born November 7, 1944), often known as Jim Oberg, is an American space journalist and historian, regarded as an expert on the Russian and Chinese space programs. He had a 22-year career as a space engineer in NASA specializing in orbital rendezvous. Oberg is an author of ten books and more than a thousand articles on space flight. After service in the United States Air Force, he joined NASA in 1975, where he worked until 1997 at Johnson Space Center on the Space Shuttle program. He worked in the Mission Control Center for several Space Shuttle missions from STS-1 on, specializing in orbital rendezvous techniques. This culminated in planning the orbit for the STS-88 mission, the first International Space Station (ISS) assembly flight. During the 1990s, he was involved in NASA studies of the Soviet space program, with particular emphasis on safety aspects; these had often been covered up or downplayed, and with the advent of the ISS and the Shuttle-Mir programs, NASA was keen to study them as much as possible. In Star-Crossed Orbits, space veteran James Oberg combines riveting personal memoir with top-notch investigative journalism to tell the untold story of the U.S.-Russian space alliance. With unparalleled access to official Russian archives, facilities, and key individuals associated with the Russian space program, he describes the strengths and weaknesses that each side brings to the table. And he reveals for the first time the full story of Russia's decaying space program and how it ultimately was saved from collapse by Western funds. Oberg's basic theme is that the U.S.-Russia "relationship has evolved into new patterns of mutual misunderstanding" based primarily on the ineptitude, naiveté and desperation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and on the Russians' propensity to mislead and even extort their U.S. partners. The book reviews Soviet and Russian achievements in human spaceflight. Oberg focuses on Mir's problems and lambastes NASA for ignoring safety risks.…

Cloth. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Oberg's authoritative account of the tortured relationships of the Russian American space programs. Shelf wear only. pp354. Illus.