Florida's Space Coast - The Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State

This book tells the story of how NASA transformed Florida's East Coast from an economy based on agriculture and tourism to one of the nation's most influential centers of technology.

Info autore

William
Barnaby Faherty (1914‒2011) was professor emeritus of history at St. Louis
University and director of the Museum of the Western Jesuit Missions in
Hazelwood, Missouri. He is coauthor of Gateway to the Moon: Building the
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex and Moon Launch! A History of the
Saturn-Apollo Launch Operations.

Riassunto

Tells the compelling story of America’s half century in space exploration, from the launch of the first two-stage rocket in 1950 through the latest space shuttle missions of 2000. The book shows how the space program transformed the east central Florida coast from a traditional citrus production and tourist area to an influential high-tech centre.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William B Faherty, William B. Faherty
• Editore: University Press Of Florida
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.02.2024
• EAN: 9780813080550
• ISBN: 978-0-8130-8055-0
• Pagine: 228
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 340 g
• Serie: Florida History and Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tecnica aerospaziale