Publicado por Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1984
ISBN 10: 0941434745 ISBN 13: 9780941434744
Librería: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: Good.
Publicado por Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, 1985
Librería: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Teensma, Hans (design) Ilustrador. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Near fine unread condition glossy color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Preliminary Page Quote by Norman Cousins, 1973; Preface by Joe Allen; Epilogue; and Index. Profusely illustrated with 200 color photographs and a multi-page color photographic frontispiece. The inner front cover has a neatly written gift inscription. A light one inch crease at the rear upper cover edge and some light rubbing and the front cover tips; the volume is otherwise in fine unread condition. All pages are in fine unmarked condition. "Revised and enlarged to include Joe Allen's first-hand account of the triumphant satellite rescue mission." - from the front outer cover. "Entering Space is a knowing and scrupulously detailed account of the most ambitious American adventure aloft. It gives a sense of the prosaic minutiae and the dumb-struck wonder of traveling through space." - Time Magazine. "This account of what it is like to round the earth 17 times a day is direct and clear, full of nontechnical detail .it is altogether a strikingly beautiful book." - Scientific American. "Entering Space is the next best thing to being up there .a truly magnificent volume." - Toronto Star. "The text provides a good feel for what has now become the routine minutia of life in space - what it's like to eat, sleep, shave and 'go to work' coasting around the Earth at a speed of more than 17,000 mph." - Newsday. "Space travel will probably have become routine by the end of the century, but for those who want to know what awaits them someday this book is must reading, not only for its illuminating text but equally for its 200 full-color plates." - John Barkham Reviews. "The prose, written with Russell Martin, is solid and informative, with some standard touches of NASA gee-whiz awe and just enough conviction that we will remain outward bound." - Discover Magazine. "Without exception, it is the finest book yet written on the experience of space travel." - Buddy Nelson, KCBS Universe Magazine.