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Author Westwood, Lisa, author.

Title The final mission : preserving NASA's Apollo sites / Lisa Westwood, Beth Laura O'Leary, and Milford Wayne Donaldson.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.47 WESTWOOD    Check Shelf
Description xxiv, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Human culture and space heritage -- Cultural context of Apollo culture -- Early propulsion development sites and the risks of space flight -- Rocket testing sites -- Facilities to protect human life and safety -- Astronaut training sites -- Legal frameworks for historic preservation -- Preservation of space heritage using models from the sea and antarctica -- Threats to space heritage sites -- Preservation works: success stories in space history -- Looking ahead.
Summary This book considers the archaeology of the facilities and sites on Earth that helped facilitate the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Subject Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00610722
Project Gemini (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00678824
Project Mercury (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00679411
Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- United States -- History.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Astronautics. (OCoLC)fst00819505
Launch complexes (Astronautics) (OCoLC)fst00993570
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author O'Leary, Beth Laura, author.
Donaldson, Milford Wayne, author.
ISBN 9780813062464 (hardcover)
0813062462 (hardcover)
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