Space Shuttle: The Quest Continues
- ISBN-10
- 0891413405
- ISBN-13
- 9780891413400
- Series
- Space Shuttle
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 134
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Author
- George J. Torres
Description
Examines America's current role in space exploration, sketches the history of the space program, and discusses future ventures in space
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- 2013-06
- 38 pages
- Paperback
- BiblioGov
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- 2001
- 513 pages
- Paperback
- D.R. Jenkins
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