Space
- ISBN-10
- 0394505557
- ISBN-13
- 9780394505558
- Series
- Space
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 622
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Author
- James Albert Michener
Description
Engineer Stanley Mott, astronomy student John Pope, naval hero Norman Grant, and rocket engineer Dieter Kolff serve as principals in the forty-year history of America's space program and share the complex drama with numerous others
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