It Came from Outer Space!: Everyday Products and Ideas from the - Space Program

Informationen zum Autor MARJOLIJN BIJLEFELD is a freelance writer and editor who worked with the Coalition to End Gun Violence and served as the Director of The Educational Fund to End Gun Violence. She is the author of The Gun Control Debate: A Documentary History (Greenwood, 1997). What do anthrax protection, golf clubs, and cordless power tools have in common? Each was invented or improved with technology first developed for the space program. This book tells the story of 67 of the most consumer-friendly products born of space-related research. Zusammenfassung To expand our knowledge of the universe, scientists and engineers with the space program constantly confront new challenges in vehicle design, life support, communications, and astronaut health and well-being.

Product details

• Authors: Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Bijlefeld Marjolijn, Robert L. Burke, Robert L. Jr. Burke, Burke Robert L.
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2003
• EAN: 9780313322228
• ISBN: 978-0-313-32222-8
• Dimensions: 181 mm x 261 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, astronautics, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Aerospace & aviation technology, Aerospace and aviation technology