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Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact

Frederick I. Ordway, III & Randy Liebermann

First published 1992
Publisher Allen & Unwin
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Pages 224
ISBN 1863732012

No price on rear. First published by theSmithsonian Institute USA, 1992 This edition published in 1992 by Allen & Unwin giving an Australian address Editor: Matthew Abbate Production Editor: Eileen D'Araujo Designer: Alan Carter Cover design by Mentyka/Schlott credit on rear Printed in Singapore by Toppan Printing Company credit on rear

Page Title Author(s) Type
9 Preface (Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact) Frederick I. Ordway, III & Randy Liebermann Essay
15 Prologue (Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact) Michael Collins (astronaut) Essay
19 The Vision of Spaceflight Ben Bova Essay
29 Mindsteps to the Cosmos Gerald S. Hawkins Essay
35 Dreams of Space Travel from Antiquity to Verne Frederick I. Ordway, III Essay
49 The Spaceship as Icon: Designs from Verne to the Early 1950s Ron Miller Essay
69 The Growth of Science Fiction from 1900 to the Early 1950s Sam Moskowitz Essay
85 The Rocket from Earliest Times through World War I Frederick I. Ordway, III Essay
95 Foundations of Modern Rocketry: 1920s and 1930s Frank H. Winter Essay
104 Planning for Spaceflight: 1880s to 1930s Frank H. Winter Essay
113 Gathering Momentum: Von Braun's Work in the 1940s and 1950s Frank Stuhlinger Essay
127 Recollections of Pre-Sputnik Days Fred L. Whipple Essay
135 The Collier's and Disney Series Randy Liebermann Essay
147 The Challenge of Space: Linking Aspiration and Political Will John M. Logsdon Essay
155 Project Apollo in Retrospect R. Cargill Hall Essay
166 Now That Man Has Reached the Moon, What Next? Wernher von Braun & Ron Miller Essay
179 Blueprint for Leadership Sally K. Ride & Alan Ladwig Essay
189 Spaceflight and the Public Mind Edward O. Buckbee & Charles Walker Essay
198 Toward the Moon, Asteroids, and Mars William K. Hartmann Essay
208 The Next 25 Years in Space Thomas O. Paine Essay
213 Visions of the Space Generation: Setting Sights on New Goals Robert D. Richards & Todd B. Hawley & Peter H. Diamandis Essay
218 Epilogue (Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact) Arthur C. Clarke Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Blueprint for Space: Science Fiction to Science Fact Cover 1992 Smithsonian Institution Press Trade Paperback Nonfiction 224