This book reviews the history of man's interest in space and analyzes the technological developments that have enabled him to explore this new frointer. The book also reposting changes that may occur on earth as a conseguence of experiments in space. The volume consits of alternating text chapter and picture essays. Some of the essays complement material covered in the preceding chapter (for ex…
This book brings together the most up-to=date and reliable information concerning the satellites so far launched into earth orbit by various nations or by intrnational consortiums, such as Intelsat, of several countries. They include satelliets for earth and ocean resources, for meteorology, for telecommunications, for navigation, and for the science of space and our own planet. In addition the…