Space Suit
21 Essays on Technology, Complexity, and Design
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 180 pages
978-0-387-95295-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1., Ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Target group
Sci buffs, Designers
Illustrations
100
100 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 50 s/w Abbildungen, 5 s/w Tabellen, 50 s/w Zeichnungen, 100 farbige Abbildungen
150 illus., 100 in colour.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-387-95295-6 (9780387952956)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
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.
Content
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.