This is rocket science [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski.
A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.
Contents
Fire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster.