Space Suit

21 Essays on Technology, Complexity and Design

Nicholas de Monchaux (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

190 Seiten

2005
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-95295-6 (ISBN)

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How did we end up with a soft suit instead of a hard one? This is the story of the innovative science, design, and management that went into the building of NASA's space suit.

The rapid design, development, and production of an effective space suit was one of the most significant challenges of the Space Race, and the cold war. Author de Monchaux tells the gripping story.

Nicholas de Monchaux (Charlottesville, VA) has studied design at Yale, Princeton, and the American Academy in Rome, and teaches at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia.

1. Introduction, 2. Definition of Space, 3. The New Look, 4. The New Look In Defense Spending, 5. 'Fellow Traveller,' 6. NASA, 7. Cyborg, 8. Wiley Post, 9. Flight Suit to Space, 10. Man In Space, 11. Bras and the Battlefield, 12. 'Poyekhali!', 13. Gemini, 14. Simulations, 15. Suitless Spaceflight, 16. The Moon Suit Plays Football, 17. The Handmade, 18. 21 Layers, 19. July 20, 1969, 20. The Hard Suit, 21. Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2005
Zusatzinfo	150 illus., 100 in colour.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-387-95295-0 / 0387952950
ISBN-13	978-0-387-95295-6 / 9780387952956
Zustand	Neuware