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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
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
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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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 18, 2017)
Subject Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
SUBJECT Project Apollo (U.S.) fast
Project Gemini (U.S.) fast
Project Mercury (U.S.) fast
Subject Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- United States -- History
Astronautics -- United States -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Astronautics
Launch complexes (Astronautics)
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author O'Leary, Beth Laura, author.
Donaldson, Milford Wayne, author.
ISBN 9780813052908
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9780813059983
0813059984
9780813053004
0813053005