Taking science to the moon : lunar experiments and the Apollo Program

Author(s)

• Beattie, Donald A.

Bibliographic Information

Taking science to the moon : lunar experiments and the Apollo Program

Donald A. Beattie

（New series in NASA history）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289) and index

Contents of Works

• From the jungle to Washington
• Early theories and questions about the moon
• What do we do after Apollo?
• The USGS joins our post-Apollo team
• Science payloads for Apollo-the struggle begins
• Developing the geological equipment, related experiments and sampling protocols
• The Apollo lunar surface experiments package (ALSEP), and related experiments
• Walk, fly, or drive?
• Astronaut training and mission simulation
• Studying the moon from orbit
• On to the moon-science becomes the focus
• The "J" missions-we almost achieve our early dreams
• The legacy of Apollo

Details

• NCID: BA53053166
• ISBN:
  • 0801865999
• LCCN: 00010272
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 301 p., [32] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TL789.8.U6
  • DC21 : 629.45/4/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Project Apollo (U.S.)
  • LCSH : Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package
  • LCSH : Moon -- Exploration -- Instruments
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13022123