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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]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- United States -- History.
Launch complexes (Astronautics)
United States.
History.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Astronautics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Author O'Leary, Beth Laura, author.
Donaldson, Milford Wayne, author.
ISBN 9780813052908 (electronic book)
0813052904 (electronic book)