附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-508) and index.
Skyscrapers in the sky -- Salyut : "I wanted him to come home" -- Skylab : a glorious forgotten triumph -- The early Salyuts : "the prize of all the people" -- Salyut 6 : the end of isolation -- Salyut 7 : phoenix in space -- Freedom : "you've got to put on your management hat ..." -- Mir : a year in space -- Mir : the road to capitalism -- Mir : the joys of freedom -- Mir : almost touching -- Mir : culture shock -- Mir : spin city -- International Space Station : ships passing in the night.
摘要:Drawing on his vast store of knowledge about space travel, as well as hundreds of interviews with cosmonauts, astronauts, and scientists, Zimmerman superbly captures the excitement and suspense of our recent space-traveling past.
