Logsdon John M Editor (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Inscribed by author Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine and bright with no wear or markings in a near fine or better jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Near Fine (in mylar). Textblock and binding immaculate and tight. Dust jacket minimally edge-rubbed; 857p., including index. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Good plus or better, light shelfwear. hardbound Quarto 636pp Bottom corners lightly bumped, clean and tight. Lightly edgeworn jacket.

Condition: As New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. Volume 3. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Near Fine (in mylar). Textblock and binding immaculate and tight. Dust jacket minimally edge-rubbed; 857p., including index. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 857 pages, 25 cm.

paperback. Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Excellent, unread, like-new condition in like-new dust jacket which is in a clear protective sleeve. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Volume 3. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. NASA SP-4407. Octavo. Fine in fine condition. 608 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (Protective cover). First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for single white spot to back cover. DJ is unclipped and in very good condition, save for rubbing. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. b-435.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Gift quality, Fine. 8vo. A superior copy in new condition. Clean, unmarked pages. Fine binding and cover. Hardcover and dust jacket. Ships daily.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. revised edition. 306 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Clean and unmarked pages. Moderate loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Crisp and unmarked in full cloth binding, NF/NF. xxviii, 796pp. Very nice dust jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Light rubbing and toning overall. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request. Please note that the buyer is responsible for any customs duties, tariffs, or import fees levied by the destination country.; NASA S-2001-4407; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 796 pages.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Volume 3. (space exploration, outer space, space flight).

hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: new.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 248 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Black and white photographs. First edition. NASTAR Center book-plate on front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed first edition/first printing. vi, 262, [2] pages. Highlighting/underlining. Ink notation on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ink underlining and margin.al comments noted. Space weapons are weapons used in space warfare. They include weapons that can attack space systems in orbit (i.e. anti-satellite weapons), attack targets on the earth from space or disable missiles travelling through space. In the course of the militarization of space, such weapons were developed mainly by the contesting superpowers during the Cold War, and some remain under development today. Orbital weaponry is any weapon that is in orbit around a large body such as a planet or moon. As of 2012, there are no known operative orbital weapons systems, but several nations have deployed orbital surveillance networks to observe other nations or armed forces. Several orbital weaponry systems were designed by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. During World War II Nazi Germany also was developing plans for an orbital weapon called the Sun gun. [2] Development of orbital weaponry was largely halted after the entry into force of the Outer Space Treaty and the SALT II treaty. These agreements prohibit weapons of mass destruction from being placed in space. As other weapons exist, notably those using kinetic bombardment, that would not violate these treaties, some private groups and government officials have proposed a Space Preservation Treaty which would ban the placement of any weaponry in outer space.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. Tall 8vo, 796 pp.

3 volumes. Thick 8vo. xxvi, 795; xxxvi, 636; xxix, 608 pp. Cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. Additional volumes have been issued. These are the cloth-bound issues (also issued in wrappers). [Extra postage will apply]. Extra portage will apply. ISBN: 0756735807; 0160488990; 0160495466.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Presumed first edition/first printing. VOLUME V ONLY. xxviii, [1], 796 pages. 25 cm. Illustrations. Glossary. Biographical Appendix. Index. Slight wear and soiling to DJ. This is part of the NASA History Series. John M. Logsdon is Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum; From 1987 to mid-2008, Logsdon was Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, where he is also Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs. Dr. Logsdon's research interests focus on the policy and historical aspects of U.S. and international space activities. Dr. Logsdon is the author of The Decision to Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest and is general editor of the eight-volume series Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program. He has written numerous articles and reports on space policy and history. He is frequently consulted by the electronic and print media for his views on space issues. This volume is the fifth in a series that had its origins in the 1990s. The individuals involved in initiating the series and producing the first two volumes have been acknowledged in those volumes. An exception must be made for NASA Chief Historian Roger D. Launius, who has become not only a strong supporter of this series but also an essential collaborator in its implementation. Despite the political imperatives which have caused America's civil space program to direct most of its budget towards human spaceflight, there is no doubt that the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has also inspired a global revolution in scientific knowledge. For more than four decades, NASA has pioneered the exploration of the 'Final Frontier', opening a window on the Universe that has transformed our vision of the planets, stars, and galaxies. As befits an agency created to inform and inspire the American people, much of this endeavor, the triumphs and the tragedies, has been pursued in the full glare of global publicity. However, despite such remarkable openness, NASA's history has inevitably included less-publicized episodes of controversy and dissension. Reports and memoranda written by some of the key participants in these political and managerial battles, many published for the first time, stand out as the gems in this fascinating collection of more than 120 documents recounting the history and development of the US space-science program. These snapshots, recalling some of the most significant moments in NASA's space-science enterprise, are organized into three sections. The first chapter is devoted to the origins and early organization of US space science, beginning with the program to explore the ionosphere and the response to the launch of Sputnik I. The remaining chapters cover NASA's solar-system exploration efforts and the evolution of space-based astronomy and astrophysics. Particularly fascinating are the documents from the 1980s that detail the desperate struggles by NASA's leaders to maintain a program of solar-system exploration at a time when the agency's budget was being slashed and political support was waning. Among them is a proposal from NASA administrator James Beggs to terminate the entire planetary program, thereby making JPL surplus to NASA's needs. Another revelation is an illustrated 'comic book', produced in 1984 by George Field of the National Research Council, to explain to government accountants and politicians the necessity of pursuing all four of NASA's proposed 'great observatories'.…