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The Complete Book of Outer Space

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Cover artist
  
Chesley Bonestell

Publication date
  
1953

Pages
  
144 pp

Publisher
  
Gnome Press

Subject
  
Space exploration

OCLC
  
6824625

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1953

Illustrator
  
Frank R. Paul

Country
  
United States of America

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Author
  
edited by Jeffrey Logan

The Complete Book of Outer Space is a 1953 collection of essays about space exploration edited by Jeffrey Logan. It first appeared as a magazine, published by Maco Magazine Corp. The first book publication was by Gnome Press in 1953 in an edition of 3,000 copies.

Contents

  • Preface, by Kenneth MacLeish
  • "A Preview of the Future: Introduction", by Jeffrey Logan
  • "Development of the Space Ship", by Willy Ley
  • "Station in Space", by Wernher von Braun
  • "Space Medicine", by Heinz Haber
  • "Space Suits", by Donald H. Menzel
  • "The High Altitude Program", by Robert P. Haviland
  • "History of the Rocket Engine", by James H. Wyld
  • "Legal Aspects of Space Travel", by Oscar Schachter
  • "Exploitation of the Moon", by Hugo Gernsback
  • "Life Beyond the Earth", by Willy Ley
  • "Interstellar Flight", by Leslie R. Shepard
  • "The Spaceship in Science Fiction", by Jeffrey Logan
  • "Plea for a Coordinated Space Program", by Wernher von Braun
  • "The Flying Saucer Myth", by Jeffrey Logan
  • "The Panel of Experts"
  • "Chart of the Moon Voyage"
  • "Chart of the Voyage to Mars"
  • "Timetables and Weights"
  • "A Space Travel Dictionary"

    • References

    The Complete Book of Outer Space Wikipedia
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