Space Station Friendship: A Visit with the Crew in 2007 (Stackpole Classics) - Softcover

Lattimer, Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811736997 ISBN 13: 9780811736992

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2017

Synopsis

The year is 2007, the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age. Space shuttle Discovery is about o dock at the first permanent U. S. space station, which author Dick Lattimer called Friendship. In all but name, the space station depicted in these pages is based on NASA plans. To help you project yourself on board, Lattimer has created a fictional crew, including three rookie crew members―doctoral candidates who have been chosen to do special work on their theses. By viewing the space station through their eyes, you’ll learn about the important work to be done there. Friendship reflects existing technology and projected plans. As part of his extensive research, Lattimer, along with his son, illustrator Michael Lattimer, had the unique opportunity to spend several different days aboard the space station mockup at Huntsville, Alabama. Inevitably, there will be design modification. But life aboard out first permanent space station will probably resemble life on space station Friendship. In these pages you’ll v

About this title

About the Author

Dick Lattimer is a native of South Bend, Indiana, and is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington. Advertising manager for Bear Archery, Kidde, Inc., in Gainesville, Florida, Lattimer is the man responsible for bringing archery to the astronauts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811736997
• ISBN 13: 9780811736992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240