To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers

Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space.

• | By (Author): Chris Gainor (Author)
• | Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2013
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0803245211
• | ISBN-13: 9780803245211