9780071374255 - Star-crossed Orbits: Inside the U.S.-Russian Space Alliance de Oberg, James E. (19 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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hardcover. Condición: fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fine. First Edition, full list of numb. NOT an ex library book. 354 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

black & red ½ cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. tiny scuff bottom front corner. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). x+354p.+author bio note. glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. name index. subject index. world history. politics. aerospace history. russian history. space exploration. space stations. ~ ON OCTOBER 4, 1957,taking the whole world by surprise, the Soviet Union launched its Sputnik satellite into the starry heavens and the great Space Race was on. In the decades that followed, the post~Sputnik boom pitted the U.S. and Soviet space programs against each other in a race for headlines. hasty glories, and real prizes. It was a marathon plagued by misinformation, suspicion and rumor. And while the headlines have endured in our patriotic memory, the hidden consequences of hollow triumphs still shape our attitudes and beliefs today, in an era of so called cooperation. With great fanfare, this 36~year Space Race officially ended in 1993 and in its place the U.S.~Russian space alliance was born. But beneath all the official rhetoric of a bold new era of space exploration, the "marriage made in the heavens" has been fraught with the same pitfalls of misunderstanding, suspicion, and high~level chicanery that started with Sputnik~souvenirs of the misperceptions and delusions of the Cold War that threaten to drag down the alliance and the space programs of several other nations with it. In Star~Crossed Orbits, space veteran and best~selling author James Oberg combines riveting personal memoir with top~notch investigative journalism to tell the complete untold story of thc U.S.~Russian space alliance, describing the strengths and weaknesses of each side and revealing, for the first time, the full story of Russia's decaying space program, the dangerous secrets it kept from its American partners, and the ultimate cost of NASA's all~too~often self~imposed ignorance about its "space partner." A space sleuth with unparalleled access to official Russian archives, facilities, and key individuals, Oberg leads the reader through the attics of the Russian space program to uncover the greed, corruption, and covered~up setbacks that have nearly brought the program to virtual collapse. He describes the U.S.~Mir venture and NASA's reluctance to learn from its lessons. He explores the "jewel in the crown" of the alliance, the International Space Station, a project begun with the best intentions, but which is now in danger of running aground on reefs of self~delusion. Finally, in an impassioned plea, Oberg urges the alliance to "break free of the star~crossed orbits of misperception that bind us to the ground." Only then, insists the author, will we be truly allied, with a reach. that can grasp the stars.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. Very good copy.(see picture) Very slight edgewear on the top jacket. Four page publicity release inside.

hardcover. Condición: As New. Excellent, unread, as-new condition. Pristine inside and out. Dust jacket is in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Ships securely in a box.

Condición: good, ex-lib., fair to good. First Printing. 24 cm, 355, illus., references, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve that has been pasted to boards.

Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket First Printing hardbound.

Condición: good, ex-lib., good. First Edition. First Printing. 355, illus., notes, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ pasted to boards Space veteran and bestselling author Oberg combines riveting personal memoir with top-notch investigative journalism to tell the complete story of the U.S.-Russian space alliance. Oberg, formerly a NASA contract employee, believes that Russia has cooperated with the United States on space missions, not to promote international goodwill or advance scientificresearch, but rather to secure funding for its own space program, maintain a continued presence in the international space market, and obtain access to U.S. technology.

Condición: New. x 355 16 of lates Illus.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by author on ffep. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Price clipped dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases & small tears in a mylar cover. Signed by Author.

Condición: New. x 355 16 of lates 1st Edition.

Condición: New. x 355 16 of lates.

Condición: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. First Printing [Stated]. x, [2], 355, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Name Index. Subject Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. James Edward Oberg (born November 7, 1944), often known as Jim Oberg, is an American space journalist and historian, regarded as an expert on the Russian and Chinese space programs. He had a 22-year career as a space engineer in NASA specializing in orbital rendezvous. Oberg is an author of ten books and more than a thousand articles on space flight. After service in the United States Air Force, he joined NASA in 1975, where he worked until 1997 at Johnson Space Center on the Space Shuttle program. He worked in the Mission Control Center for several Space Shuttle missions from STS-1 on, specializing in orbital rendezvous techniques. This culminated in planning the orbit for the STS-88 mission, the first International Space Station (ISS) assembly flight. During the 1990s, he was involved in NASA studies of the Soviet space program, with particular emphasis on safety aspects; these had often been covered up or downplayed, and with the advent of the ISS and the Shuttle-Mir programs, NASA was keen to study them as much as possible. In Star-Crossed Orbits, space veteran James Oberg combines riveting personal memoir with top-notch investigative journalism to tell the untold story of the U.S.-Russian space alliance. With unparalleled access to official Russian archives, facilities, and key individuals associated with the Russian space program, he describes the strengths and weaknesses that each side brings to the table. And he reveals for the first time the full story of Russia's decaying space program and how it ultimately was saved from collapse by Western funds. Oberg's basic theme is that the U.S.-Russia "relationship has evolved into new patterns of mutual misunderstanding" based primarily on the ineptitude, naiveté and desperation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and on the Russians' propensity to mislead and even extort their U.S. partners. The book reviews Soviet and Russian achievements in human spaceflight. Oberg focuses on Mir's problems and lambastes NASA for ignoring safety risks.

Cloth. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Oberg's authoritative account of the tortured relationships of the Russian American space programs. Shelf wear only. pp354. Illus.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!