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This Work Introduces The Important Emerging Space Powers Of The World. Brian Harvey Describes The Origins Of The Japanese Space Program, From Rocket Designs Based On Ww Ii German U-boats To Tiny Solid Fuel 'pencil' Rockets, Which Led To The Launch Of The First Japanese Satellite In 1970. The Next Two Chapters Relate How Japan Expanded Its Space Program, Developing Small Satellites Into Astronomical Observatories And Sending Missions To The Moon, Mars, Comet Halley, And Asteroids. Chapter 4 Describes How India's Vikram Sarabhai Developed A Sounding Rocket Program In The 1960s. The Following Chapter Describes The Expansion Of The Indian Space Program. Chapter 6 Relates How The Indian Space Program Is Looking Ahead To The Success Of The Moon Probe Chandrayan, Due To Launch In 2008, And Its First Manned Launching In 2014. Chapters 7, 8, And 9 Demonstrate How, In Iran, Communications And Remote Sensing Drive Space Technology. Chapter 10 Outlines Brazil's Road To Space, Begun In The Mid-1960's With The Launch Of The Sonda Sounding Rockets. The Following Two Chapters Describe Brazil's Satellites And Space Launch Systems And Plans For The Future. Chapters 13 And 14 Study Israel's Space Ind

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Author

Mr Brian Harvey FBIS, Mr Henk H. F. Smid, Mr Théo Pirard (auth.)

Publisher

Springer ; Published in association with Praxis Pub

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441908742

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Engineering