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100	1		_aHarvey, Brian. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aChina in Space _h[electronic resource] : _bThe Great Leap Forward / _cby Brian Harvey.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York : _bImprint: Springer, _c2013.
300			_aXV, 399 p. 149 illus., 109 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringer Praxis Books
505	0		_aThe First Chinese Space Station -- Medieval Rockets to First Satellites -- The Program -- Expanding the Space Program -- Recoverable Satellites -- Applying the Space Program -- The Big Leaf Forward: Manned Spaceflight -- To the Moon and Mars -- Chinese Ambitions in Space.
520			_aThe 21st century has seen the emergence, after the Soviet Union and the United States, of the third great space superpower: China. Here, in China in Space - The Great Leap Forward, Brian Harvey takes a contemporary look at the new Chinese space program. China has already launched its first space station, Tiangong; has sent its first spacecraft to the Moon, the Chang e; and has plans to send spaceships to Mars and further afield. China's annual launch rate has already overtaken those of both Europe and the United States. Huge new production plants and launch centers are under construction, to build and launch the new family of Long March 5, 6, and 7 rockets. In Roadmap 2050, the Academy of Sciences indicates that China intends to be the leading spacefaring nation by mid-century, with bases on the Moon and Mars. This book gives an informed, fully up-to-date commentary on all aspects of the Chinese space program, including its history, development, technology, missions, and the personalities involved. It lists all the Chinese launches, missions, and terminology, going behind the press releases to draw on hitherto unused scientific papers and sources. China in Space is a unique, forward-looking account of the Chinese space program, covering its full range of missions: manned, communications, scientific, military, technology-testing, and lunar.
650		0	_aEngineering.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650		0	_aAstronautics.
650	1	4	_aEngineering.
650	2	4	_aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650	2	4	_aPopular Science in Astronomy.
650	2	4	_aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781461450429
830		0	_aSpringer Praxis Books
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5043-6
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