Harland, David M. <br/><br/>
Paving the Way for Apollo 11  [recurso electrónico] / 
by David M. Harland. 
 -  online resource. 
 - Springer Praxis Books .
 - Springer Praxis Books .
<br/><br/>Astronomers' Moon -- Geologists' Moon -- The space age dawns -- Preparing Ranger -- The Apollo commitment -- Ranger struggles -- Ranger triumphs -- Soviet activity -- Developing Lunar Orbiter -- On the surface -- The Apollo zone -- Scratching the Moon -- Orbiters for science -- Tasting the Moon -- Apollo development -- Apollo picks up the pace. 
<br/><br/> In 'Paving the Way for Apollo 11' David Harland explains the lure of the Moon to classical philosophers, astronomers, and geologists, and how NASA set out to investigate the Moon in preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. It focuses particularly on the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor missions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780387681320  99780387681320 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-0-387-68132-0  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PHYSICS.<br/>ASTROPHYSICS.<br/>ASTRONOMY.<br/>PHYSICS.<br/>ASTRONOMY, OBSERVATIONS AND TECHNIQUES.<br/>POPULAR SCIENCE IN ASTRONOMY.<br/>EXTRATERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, SPACE SCIENCES.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>520