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|aSkurzynski, Gloria.
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|aThis is rocket science |btrue stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth |cby Gloria Skurzynski.
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|aWashington, D.C. |bNational Geographic|cc2010.
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|a80 p. |bill. (chiefly col.) |c27 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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|aFire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster.
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|aA history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.
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|aAerospace engineers|vBiography|vJuvenile literature.
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|aRocketry|xHistory|vJuvenile literature.
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|aRockets (Aeronautics)|xHistory|vJuvenile literature.
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|aLexile 1210L
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